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Shana Dobson vs. Priscila Cachoeira

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 5-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
5-9-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 4"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
67.9
Layoff (months)Δ 63.4 mo
4.5
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Priscila Cachoeira carries real power — 0.37 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Shana Dobson carries real power — 0.28 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Priscila Cachoeira absorbs 7.45 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.84 Women's Flyweight norm — hittable.

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

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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1803.34/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
5284.35/min · norm 3.93
2805.20/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9057.45/min · norm 3.84
37.9%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 45.5%
50.1%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
46.0%norm 56.1%
10.28/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
30.37/15 · 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%)

Priscila Cachoeira

Distance 92.2% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.8% (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%)

Priscila Cachoeira

Head 85.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 4.7% (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 Cachoeira L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 406 31.8% 40.3% 462 / 1097 42.1% 40.3%
In the clinch 30 / 41 73.2% 73.9% 42 / 60 70.0% 73.9%
On the ground 21 / 28 75.0% 74.4% 24 / 33 72.7% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 363 28.4% 36.0% 394 / 1012 38.9% 36.0%
To the body 54 / 82 65.9% 69.5% 86 / 122 70.5% 69.5%
To the legs 23 / 30 76.7% 82.3% 48 / 56 85.7% 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 Cachoeira L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 167 / 401 41.6% 39.0% 640 / 1338 47.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 46 / 67 68.7% 73.8% 50 / 88 56.8% 73.8%
On the ground 67 / 93 72.0% 73.4% 215 / 249 86.3% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 389 40.6% 35.0% 718 / 1425 50.4% 35.0%
To the body 93 / 136 68.4% 69.0% 127 / 183 69.4% 69.0%
To the legs 29 / 36 80.6% 78.7% 60 / 67 89.6% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 0.94
214.3% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
3269.6% def · norm 61.1%
3:326.6% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
2:562.4% of cage time · norm 18.7%
24:256:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
44:125:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · 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.