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Michelle Montague vs.
Luana Carolina

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

2-0-0 Michelle Montague · UFC
6-4-0 Luana Carolina · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-0-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
32.7
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
33.2
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 6.9 mo
10.3
WW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

Michelle Montague hunts takedowns — 3.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Michelle Montague owns the mat — in control 70% of cage time, vs a 27% Women's Bantamweight norm.
Luana Carolina is a submission threat — 0.56 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 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.

Michelle Montague

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Luana Carolina

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

832.77/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
6044.53/min · norm 3.91
742.47/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
4673.51/min · norm 3.81
48.5%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
50.7%norm 44.9%
41.7%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
52.1%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.09

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

Michelle Montague

Distance 55.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 43.9% (norm 7.5%)

Luana Carolina

Distance 78.9% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 4.9%)

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

Michelle Montague

Head 91.8% (norm 75.2%) · Body 7.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 8.8%)

Luana Carolina

Head 69.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 20.7% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Montague L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Carolina L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 94 35.1% 38.3% 430 / 940 45.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 73.3% 132 / 183 72.1% 73.3%
On the ground 49 / 75 65.3% 70.8% 42 / 68 61.8% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 157 47.8% 37.7% 321 / 823 39.0% 34.9%
To the body 7 / 12 too few to rate 70.0% 183 / 247 74.1% 69.5%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 80.9% 100 / 121 82.6% 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 Montague L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Carolina L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 68 / 115 59.1% 41.3% 316 / 762 41.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 4 / 9 too few to rate 74.7% 107 / 145 73.8% 74.1%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 74.2% 44 / 67 65.7% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 42 / 87 48.3% 38.1% 262 / 688 38.1% 35.3%
To the body 15 / 18 too few to rate 73.2% 148 / 204 72.5% 69.0%
To the legs 17 / 22 too few to rate 80.9% 57 / 82 69.5% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

753.8% acc · 3.50/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.02
0— def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3265.3% def · norm 58.95%
20:5769.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
22:0016.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
1:390:49 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
40:294:33 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
50.56/15 · norm 0.32

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

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