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Marion Reneau vs.
Yana Santos

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

5-7-1 Marion Reneau · UFC
7-5-0 Yana Santos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-7-1
UFC record
7-5-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
49.1
AgeΔ 12.4 yrs
36.7
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
60.6
Layoff (months)Δ 50.5 mo
10.1
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL
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.

Marion Reneau is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Marion Reneau rarely shoots — 0.62 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Yana Santos carries real power — 0.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 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.

Marion Reneau

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Yana Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5463.20/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
6774.41/min · norm 3.56
5993.52/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
4793.12/min · norm 3.51
41.6%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
57.9%norm 46.65%
59.9%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.08

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

Marion Reneau

Distance 78.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 7.5%)

Yana Santos

Distance 68.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 27.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 7.5%)

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

Marion Reneau

Head 81.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.8%)

Yana Santos

Head 53.1% (norm 75.2%) · Body 29.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Reneau L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Santos L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 359 / 1026 35.0% 38.3% 381 / 806 47.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 106 / 157 67.5% 73.3% 261 / 318 82.1% 73.3%
On the ground 81 / 128 63.3% 70.8% 35 / 46 76.1% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1065 34.4% 37.7% 227 / 621 36.6% 37.7%
To the body 112 / 162 69.1% 70.0% 279 / 344 81.1% 70.0%
To the legs 68 / 84 81.0% 80.9% 171 / 205 83.4% 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 Bantamweight: 40 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 Reneau L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 421 / 1249 33.7% 41.3% 271 / 731 37.1% 41.3%
In the clinch 125 / 149 83.9% 74.7% 116 / 142 81.7% 74.7%
On the ground 53 / 95 55.8% 74.2% 92 / 142 64.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 1051 27.0% 38.1% 300 / 774 38.8% 38.1%
To the body 192 / 276 69.6% 73.2% 145 / 194 74.7% 73.2%
To the legs 123 / 166 74.1% 80.9% 34 / 47 72.3% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

763.6% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
847.1% acc · 0.78/15 · norm 0.91
2350.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1651.6% def · norm 62.5%
20:0211.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
45:1829.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
47:164:09 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
37:293:39 per 15 · norm 3:19
90.79/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.34

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

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