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Mayra Bueno Silva vs.
Mara Romero Borella

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

The men, measured.

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

5-7-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-5-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
35
AgeΔ 5.2 yrs
40.2
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 67.1 mo
70.5
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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%)

Mara Romero Borella

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

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%)

Mara Romero Borella

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

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

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 Flyweight: 46 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/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Borella L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 532 / 1281 41.5% 41.3% 125 / 517 24.2% 38.8%
In the clinch 107 / 136 78.7% 74.7% 22 / 30 73.3% 74.1%
On the ground 122 / 154 79.2% 74.2% 16 / 18 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 457 / 1182 38.7% 38.1% 94 / 465 20.2% 35.3%
To the body 217 / 281 77.2% 73.2% 44 / 68 64.7% 69.0%
To the legs 87 / 108 80.6% 80.9% 25 / 32 78.1% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

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

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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