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Marina Spasic vs.
Stephanie Luciano

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

0-1-0 Marina Spasic · UFC
3-1-0 Stephanie Luciano · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32.1
AgeΔ 5.5 yrs
26.6
Height
5'6"
Reach
65"
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.1
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLW
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.

Stephanie Luciano is a submission threat — 0.65 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Marina Spasic rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Marina Spasic outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 7.50 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 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.

Marina Spasic

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Stephanie Luciano

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

257.50/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2345.07/min · norm 3.77
206.00/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1663.60/min · norm 3.94
47.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.2%norm 44.5%
57.4%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
63.8%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.32/15 · norm 0.00

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

Marina Spasic

Distance 100.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 5.0%)

Stephanie Luciano

Distance 94.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Marina Spasic

Head 86.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 1.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 9.1%)

Stephanie Luciano

Head 75.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 13.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Spasic L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Luciano L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 25 / 53 47.2% 38.3% 211 / 561 37.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.6% 13 / 19 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 75.0% 10 / 17 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 18 / 46 39.1% 35.4% 130 / 448 29.0% 35.4%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.3% 51 / 80 63.8% 69.3%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 77.9% 53 / 69 76.8% 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Spasic L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Luciano L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 20 / 46 43.5% 39.7% 154 / 440 35.0% 39.7%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 71.5% 8 / 14 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.4% 4 / 5 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 38 36.8% 36.0% 95 / 335 28.4% 36.0%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.4% 35 / 70 50.0% 68.4%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 79.1% 36 / 54 66.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
562.5% acc · 1.62/15 · norm 1.10
150.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1477.8% def · norm 64.1%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
5:4412.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:261:57 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
4:591:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
20.65/15 · norm 0.29

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

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