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Norma Dumont vs.
Karol Rosa

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

9-3-0 Norma Dumont · UFC
8-5-0 Karol Rosa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-3-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Women's Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
35.8
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
31.6
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.9 mo
1.5
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.

Karol Rosa carries real power — 0.15 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Karol Rosa outworks the Women's Bantamweight division — 5.47 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.56 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.

Norma Dumont

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Karol Rosa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.82 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6873.85/min · norm 3.85
Sig. strikes landed
10665.47/min · norm 3.56
4162.33/min · norm 2.33
Sig. strikes absorbed
8354.28/min · norm 3.51
51.0%norm 51.0%
Striking accuracy
55.6%norm 46.65%
64.3%norm 64.3%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 52.45%
20.17/15 · norm 0.17
Knockdowns
20.15/15 · norm 0.08

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

Norma Dumont

Distance 87.8% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 11.9%)

Karol Rosa

Distance 85.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 7.5%)

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

Norma Dumont

Head 74.7% (norm 74.7%) · Body 14.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 9.0%)

Karol Rosa

Head 71.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dumont L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med Rosa L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 559 / 1183 47.3% 47.3% 853 / 1634 52.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 90 / 110 81.8% 78.3% 112 / 144 77.8% 73.3%
On the ground 38 / 55 69.1% 69.1% 101 / 139 72.7% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 413 / 1007 41.0% 42.9% 623 / 1366 45.6% 37.7%
To the body 151 / 191 79.1% 79.1% 136 / 171 79.5% 70.0%
To the legs 123 / 150 82.0% 82.0% 307 / 380 80.8% 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 Featherweight: 3 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 Dumont L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med vs Rosa L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 343 / 1060 32.4% 32.4% 710 / 1493 47.6% 41.3%
In the clinch 64 / 88 72.7% 72.7% 103 / 133 77.4% 74.7%
On the ground 9 / 18 too few to rate 72.2% 22 / 28 78.6% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 821 26.3% 26.3% 479 / 1216 39.4% 38.1%
To the body 119 / 203 58.6% 60.3% 195 / 250 78.0% 73.2%
To the legs 81 / 142 57.0% 67.6% 161 / 188 85.6% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1754.8% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.18
Takedowns landed
1448.3% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 0.91
2371.9% def · norm 71.9%
Takedowns stopped
2773.0% def · norm 62.5%
42:5224.0% of cage time · norm 24.0%
Control time
52:2026.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
34:172:52 per 15 · norm 2:26
Time under control
39:083:00 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Submission attempts
20.15/15 · norm 0.34

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

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