Mayra Bueno Silva vs.
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Mayra Bueno Silva
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
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
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Mayra Bueno Silva
Distance 78.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 7.5%)
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Distance 97.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mayra Bueno Silva
Head 61.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 22.5% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 8.8%)
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Head 70.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 17.7% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Silva L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Cavalcanti L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 394 / 787 | 50.1% | 38.3% | 454 / 990 | 45.9% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 146 / 171 | 85.4% | 73.3% | 23 / 29 | 79.3% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 28 / 41 | 68.3% | 70.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 273 / 612 | 44.6% | 37.7% | 234 / 719 | 32.5% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 179 / 225 | 79.6% | 70.0% | 90 / 120 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 116 / 162 | 71.6% | 80.9% | 153 / 180 | 85.0% | 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 Silva L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Cavalcanti L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 532 / 1281 | 41.5% | 41.3% | 246 / 819 | 30.0% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 107 / 136 | 78.7% | 74.7% | 19 / 28 | 67.9% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 122 / 154 | 79.2% | 74.2% | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 457 / 1182 | 38.7% | 38.1% | 132 / 666 | 19.8% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 217 / 281 | 77.2% | 73.2% | 55 / 91 | 60.4% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 87 / 108 | 80.6% | 80.9% | 81 / 96 | 84.4% | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Silva has more cage time on record.