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Shana Dobson vs.
Sabina Mazo

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

2-4-0 Shana Dobson · UFC
3-4-0 Sabina Mazo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37.4
AgeΔ 8 yrs
29.4
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
65.5
Layoff (months)Δ 12.7 mo
52.8
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Shana Dobson carries real power — 0.28 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Sabina Mazo carries real power — 0.16 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Shana Dobson's takedown defense leaks — 14% stopped, vs a 59% Women's Flyweight 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.

Shana Dobson

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

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

Sabina Mazo

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

In the UFC: 2-1 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

1803.34/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5626.10/min · norm 3.91
2805.20/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
4014.35/min · norm 3.81
37.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 44.9%
50.1%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 55.95%
10.28/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · norm 0.09

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

Shana Dobson

Distance 85.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 4.9%)

Sabina Mazo

Distance 89.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 4.9%)

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

Shana Dobson

Head 76.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.3% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.7%)

Sabina Mazo

Head 70.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 15.2% (norm 7.7%)

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 Mazo L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 406 31.8% 39.9% 460 / 1148 40.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 30 / 41 73.2% 73.3% 75 / 102 73.5% 73.3%
On the ground 21 / 28 75.0% 74.7% 27 / 35 77.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 363 28.4% 34.9% 274 / 900 30.4% 34.9%
To the body 54 / 82 65.9% 69.5% 144 / 190 75.8% 69.5%
To the legs 23 / 30 76.7% 82.6% 144 / 195 73.8% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Dobson L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Mazo L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 167 / 401 41.6% 38.8% 351 / 859 40.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 46 / 67 68.7% 74.1% 34 / 55 61.8% 74.1%
On the ground 67 / 93 72.0% 73.4% 16 / 26 61.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 389 40.6% 35.3% 182 / 648 28.1% 35.3%
To the body 93 / 136 68.4% 69.0% 100 / 151 66.2% 69.0%
To the legs 29 / 36 80.6% 78.7% 119 / 141 84.4% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

350.0% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.02
214.3% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1359.1% def · norm 58.95%
3:326.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
13:4014.8% of cage time · norm 19.15%
24:256:47 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
20:423:22 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.16/15 · norm 0.32

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

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