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Shana Dobson vs. Casey O'Neill

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 7-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
7-2-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 8 yrs
29
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
67.9
Layoff (months)Δ 66.9 mo
1
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shana Dobson carries real power — 0.28 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Casey O'Neill is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Casey O'Neill outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 7.60 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.93 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shana Dobson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.27 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

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

Casey O'Neill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 62
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.57 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1803.34/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
6787.60/min · norm 3.93
2805.20/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4785.36/min · norm 3.84
37.9%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
52.1%norm 45.5%
50.1%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 56.1%
10.28/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.10

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

Shana Dobson

Distance 85.5% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 4.5%)

Casey O'Neill

Distance 87.1% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 4.5%)

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

Shana Dobson

Head 76.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.6%)

Casey O'Neill

Head 85.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 9.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dobson L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med O'Neill L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 406 31.8% 40.3% 551 / 1133 48.6% 40.3%
In the clinch 30 / 41 73.2% 73.9% 31 / 41 75.6% 73.9%
On the ground 21 / 28 75.0% 74.4% 96 / 127 75.6% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 363 28.4% 36.0% 519 / 1111 46.7% 36.0%
To the body 54 / 82 65.9% 69.5% 94 / 121 77.7% 69.5%
To the legs 23 / 30 76.7% 82.3% 65 / 69 94.2% 82.3%

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: 47 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 47 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 Dobson L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs O'Neill L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 167 / 401 41.6% 39.0% 384 / 1007 38.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 46 / 67 68.7% 73.8% 63 / 80 78.8% 73.8%
On the ground 67 / 93 72.0% 73.4% 31 / 40 77.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 389 40.6% 35.0% 356 / 982 36.3% 35.0%
To the body 93 / 136 68.4% 69.0% 88 / 108 81.5% 69.0%
To the legs 29 / 36 80.6% 78.7% 34 / 37 91.9% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
834.8% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 0.94
214.3% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
1470.0% def · norm 61.1%
3:326.6% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
21:3024.1% of cage time · norm 18.7%
24:256:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
13:152:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
50.84/15 · norm 0.32

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