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Melissa Gatto vs. Tamires Vidal

UFC 3-3-1 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-1
UFC record
1-3-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
30
AgeΔ 2 yrs
28
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 23.7 mo
24
DLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tamires Vidal carries real power — 0.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.07 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Melissa Gatto is a submission threat — 0.66 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Tamires Vidal rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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 +0.1 wins over .500

Tamires Vidal

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3063.35/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
1262.91/min · norm 3.60
2522.76/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1934.46/min · norm 3.51
50.0%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
53.4%norm 46.5%
55.6%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 52.8%
10.16/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
10.35/15 · norm 0.07

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

Melissa Gatto

Distance 87.7% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 4.5%)

Tamires Vidal

Distance 92.4% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.3%)

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

Melissa Gatto

Head 66.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 22.9% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 7.6%)

Tamires Vidal

Head 59.7% (norm 75.5%) · Body 11.4% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 28.8% (norm 8.7%)

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 Vidal L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 253 / 537 47.1% 40.3% 112 / 218 51.4% 38.5%
In the clinch 39 / 60 65.0% 73.9% 14 / 18 too few to rate 74.3%
On the ground 14 / 15 too few to rate 74.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 404 39.6% 36.0% 45 / 141 31.9% 37.7%
To the body 96 / 140 68.6% 69.5% 21 / 27 77.8% 71.1%
To the legs 50 / 68 73.5% 82.3% 60 / 68 88.2% 80.8%

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: 47 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 41 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 Vidal L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 182 / 477 38.2% 39.0% 148 / 309 47.9% 41.3%
In the clinch 31 / 37 83.8% 73.8% 14 / 22 too few to rate 75.0%
On the ground 39 / 54 72.2% 73.4% 31 / 51 60.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 427 32.1% 35.0% 109 / 276 39.5% 37.7%
To the body 72 / 96 75.0% 69.0% 52 / 69 75.4% 73.2%
To the legs 43 / 45 95.6% 78.7% 32 / 37 86.5% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1022.7% acc · 1.64/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
1161.1% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
535.7% def · norm 62.5%
28:4931.5% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
5:1812.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
28:224:39 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
16:425:47 per 15 · norm 3:19
40.66/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
20.69/15 · norm 0.36

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