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Matchup deep-dive

Melissa Gatto vs.
Sijara Eubanks

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

3-3-0 Melissa Gatto · UFC
5-5-0 Sijara Eubanks · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
30.3
AgeΔ 11 yrs
41.3
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.1
Layoff (months)Δ 51.5 mo
55.6
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Melissa Gatto carries real power — 0.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Sijara Eubanks hunts takedowns — 1.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Melissa Gatto hunts takedowns — 1.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight 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.

Melissa Gatto

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Sijara Eubanks

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2653.47/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5784.30/min · norm 3.56
2042.67/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
4613.43/min · norm 3.51
49.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.2%norm 46.65%
54.4%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
57.1%norm 52.45%
10.20/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.08

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

Melissa Gatto

Distance 89.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 4.9%)

Sijara Eubanks

Distance 82.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 13.7% (norm 7.5%)

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

Melissa Gatto

Head 67.2% (norm 78.1%) · Body 21.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 7.7%)

Sijara Eubanks

Head 85.1% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gatto L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Eubanks L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 225 / 475 47.4% 39.9% 419 / 1097 38.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 26 / 43 60.5% 73.3% 39 / 57 68.4% 73.3%
On the ground 14 / 15 too few to rate 74.7% 120 / 183 65.6% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 358 40.2% 34.9% 437 / 1138 38.4% 37.7%
To the body 76 / 113 67.3% 69.5% 100 / 154 64.9% 70.0%
To the legs 45 / 62 72.6% 82.6% 41 / 45 91.1% 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 Gatto L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Eubanks L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 362 38.7% 38.8% 377 / 963 39.1% 41.3%
In the clinch 25 / 31 80.6% 74.1% 60 / 80 75.0% 74.7%
On the ground 39 / 54 72.2% 73.4% 24 / 31 77.4% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 321 32.1% 35.3% 343 / 910 37.7% 38.1%
To the body 61 / 84 72.6% 69.0% 73 / 110 66.4% 73.2%
To the legs 40 / 42 95.2% 78.7% 45 / 54 83.3% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

927.3% acc · 1.77/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1744.7% acc · 1.89/15 · norm 0.91
1058.8% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1466.7% def · norm 62.5%
22:5430.0% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
47:0235.0% of cage time · norm 26.55%
24:124:45 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
20:472:19 per 15 · norm 3:19
20.39/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
30.33/15 · norm 0.34

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

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