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Miranda Maverick vs.
Priscila Cachoeira

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

8-4-0 Miranda Maverick · UFC
5-9-0 Priscila Cachoeira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-4-0
UFC record
5-9-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
29.1
AgeΔ 8.9 yrs
38
5'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'7"
65"
ReachΔ 0"
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
13.7
Layoff (months)Δ 11.7 mo
2
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Priscila Cachoeira carries real power — 0.37 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Miranda Maverick hunts takedowns — 2.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Priscila Cachoeira absorbs 7.45 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.81 Women's Flyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Miranda Maverick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Priscila Cachoeira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 59
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 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

5143.22/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5284.35/min · norm 3.91
3582.25/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
9057.45/min · norm 3.81
44.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 44.9%
61.7%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
46.0%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
30.37/15 · norm 0.09

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

Miranda Maverick

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 4.9%)

Priscila Cachoeira

Distance 92.2% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 4.9%)

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

Miranda Maverick

Head 74.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Priscila Cachoeira

Head 85.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.3% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maverick L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Cachoeira L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 416 / 1033 40.3% 39.9% 462 / 1097 42.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 31 / 40 77.5% 73.3% 42 / 60 70.0% 73.3%
On the ground 67 / 82 81.7% 74.7% 24 / 33 72.7% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 282 / 856 32.9% 34.9% 394 / 1012 38.9% 34.9%
To the body 121 / 168 72.0% 69.5% 86 / 122 70.5% 69.5%
To the legs 111 / 131 84.7% 82.6% 48 / 56 85.7% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Maverick L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Cachoeira L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 296 / 851 34.8% 38.8% 640 / 1338 47.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 35 / 46 76.1% 74.1% 50 / 88 56.8% 74.1%
On the ground 27 / 37 73.0% 73.4% 215 / 249 86.3% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 260 / 787 33.0% 35.3% 718 / 1425 50.4% 35.3%
To the body 71 / 113 62.8% 69.0% 127 / 183 69.4% 69.0%
To the legs 27 / 34 79.4% 78.7% 60 / 67 89.6% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2340.4% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.02
1445.2% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
3269.6% def · norm 58.95%
48:1430.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
2:562.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
36:523:28 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
44:125:27 per 15 · norm 3:03
40.38/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

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