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Mara Romero Borella vs.
Mayra Bueno Silva

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-5-0 Mara Romero Borella · UFC
5-7-1 (1 NC) Mayra Bueno Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-5-0
UFC record
5-7-1 (1 NC)
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
40
AgeΔ 6 yrs
34
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
70.5
Layoff (months)Δ 67.1 mo
3.4
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Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Mayra Bueno Silva is a submission threat — 1.21 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Mara Romero Borella hunts takedowns — 1.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Mayra Bueno Silva rarely shoots — 0.47 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Mara Romero Borella

Full career not yet synced for Mara Romero Borella — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Mayra Bueno Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1672.54/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5683.53/min · norm 3.56
1632.48/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
7614.73/min · norm 3.51
38.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
56.9%norm 46.65%
71.2%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Mara Romero Borella

Distance 91.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 4.9%)

Mayra Bueno Silva

Distance 78.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 7.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Mara Romero Borella

Head 80.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 4.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 7.7%)

Mayra Bueno Silva

Head 61.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 22.5% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Borella L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Silva L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 137 / 402 34.1% 39.9% 394 / 787 50.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 13 / 18 too few to rate 73.3% 146 / 171 85.4% 73.3%
On the ground 17 / 20 too few to rate 74.7% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 355 28.2% 34.9% 273 / 612 44.6% 37.7%
To the body 14 / 21 too few to rate 69.5% 179 / 225 79.6% 70.0%
To the legs 53 / 64 82.8% 82.6% 116 / 162 71.6% 80.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Women's Flyweight: 46 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Borella L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 125 / 517 24.2% 38.8% 532 / 1281 41.5% 41.3%
In the clinch 22 / 30 73.3% 74.1% 107 / 136 78.7% 74.7%
On the ground 16 / 18 too few to rate 73.4% 122 / 154 79.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 465 20.2% 35.3% 457 / 1182 38.7% 38.1%
To the body 44 / 68 64.7% 69.0% 217 / 281 77.2% 73.2%
To the legs 25 / 32 78.1% 78.7% 87 / 108 80.6% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

844.4% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
523.8% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 0.91
466.7% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
3163.3% def · norm 62.5%
16:4025.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
21:1413.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
13:323:05 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
60:295:38 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.23/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
131.21/15 · norm 0.34

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Silva has more cage time on record.

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