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Pearl Gonzalez vs.
Poliana Botelho

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

0-2-0 Pearl Gonzalez · UFC
3-4-0 Poliana Botelho · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
40
AgeΔ 2.4 yrs
37.6
5'4"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
105.9
Layoff (months)Δ 55.8 mo
50.1
LL
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.

Poliana Botelho carries real power — 0.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Pearl Gonzalez owns the mat — in control 40% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Pearl Gonzalez's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight 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.

Pearl Gonzalez

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Poliana Botelho

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

642.23/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2042.90/min · norm 3.91
1174.07/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1972.80/min · norm 3.81
37.6%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
58.6%norm 44.9%
57.3%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
54.2%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.09

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

Pearl Gonzalez

Distance 93.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 5.0%)

Poliana Botelho

Distance 69.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 4.9%)

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

Pearl Gonzalez

Head 75.3% (norm 76.4%) · Body 5.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 18.8% (norm 9.1%)

Poliana Botelho

Head 62.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 25.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gonzalez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Botelho L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 54 / 159 34.0% 38.3% 112 / 240 46.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 9 / 10 too few to rate 72.6% 70 / 85 82.4% 73.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 75.0% 22 / 23 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 32 / 128 25.0% 35.4% 104 / 217 47.9% 34.9%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.3% 63 / 89 70.8% 69.5%
To the legs 25 / 32 78.1% 77.9% 37 / 42 88.1% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Gonzalez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Botelho L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 63 / 210 30.0% 39.7% 107 / 311 34.4% 38.8%
In the clinch 53 / 63 84.1% 71.5% 24 / 28 85.7% 74.1%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 74.4% 66 / 91 72.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 215 32.6% 36.0% 97 / 278 34.9% 35.3%
To the body 35 / 46 76.1% 68.4% 50 / 73 68.5% 69.0%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 79.1% 50 / 79 63.3% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

211.1% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
457.1% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.02
00.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2076.9% def · norm 58.95%
11:2639.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
13:4719.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
6:203:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
30:446:33 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.52/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

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