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Randa Markos vs.
Luana Pinheiro

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

7-10-1 Randa Markos · UFC
3-4-0 Luana Pinheiro · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-10-1
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
41
AgeΔ 7.3 yrs
33.7
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'2"
63"
ReachΔ 1"
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
57.4
Layoff (months)Δ 42.7 mo
14.7
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Luana Pinheiro hunts takedowns — 2.40 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Luana Pinheiro defends body shots well — opponents land just 42%, vs a 68% Women's Strawweight norm.
Randa Markos owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 19% 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.

Randa Markos

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

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Luana Pinheiro

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6742.97/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2873.29/min · norm 3.77
7043.10/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
3624.14/min · norm 3.94
43.7%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 44.5%
58.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.00

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

Randa Markos

Distance 78.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 9.6% (norm 5.0%)

Luana Pinheiro

Distance 90.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 5.0%)

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

Randa Markos

Head 86.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 6.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 9.1%)

Luana Pinheiro

Head 76.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Markos L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Pinheiro L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 410 / 1205 34.0% 38.3% 251 / 655 38.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 143 / 191 74.9% 72.6% 29 / 54 53.7% 72.6%
On the ground 121 / 148 81.8% 75.0% 7 / 16 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 513 / 1334 38.5% 35.4% 171 / 555 30.8% 35.4%
To the body 76 / 102 74.5% 69.3% 68 / 102 66.7% 69.3%
To the legs 85 / 108 78.7% 77.9% 48 / 68 70.6% 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Markos L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Pinheiro L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 472 / 1399 33.7% 39.7% 301 / 806 37.3% 39.7%
In the clinch 102 / 142 71.8% 71.5% 33 / 50 66.0% 71.5%
On the ground 130 / 164 79.3% 74.4% 28 / 40 70.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 463 / 1379 33.6% 36.0% 196 / 594 33.0% 36.0%
To the body 113 / 165 68.5% 68.4% 60 / 142 42.3% 68.4%
To the legs 128 / 161 79.5% 79.1% 106 / 160 66.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1728.8% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1437.8% acc · 2.40/15 · norm 1.10
3052.6% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2071.4% def · norm 64.1%
58:5125.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
7:408.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
57:133:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:222:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.20/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

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