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Shana Dobson vs. Sabina Mazo

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 8 yrs
29
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
67.9
Layoff (months)Δ 12.6 mo
55.3
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

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.
Shana Dobson's takedown defense leaks — 14% stopped, vs a 61% Women's Flyweight norm.
Sabina Mazo carries real power — 0.16 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight 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

Sabina Mazo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1803.34/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
5626.10/min · norm 3.93
2805.20/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4014.35/min · norm 3.84
37.9%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 45.5%
50.1%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 56.1%
10.28/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · 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%)

Sabina Mazo

Distance 89.3% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.7% (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%)

Sabina Mazo

Head 70.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.8% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 15.2% (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 Mazo L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 406 31.8% 40.3% 460 / 1148 40.1% 40.3%
In the clinch 30 / 41 73.2% 73.9% 75 / 102 73.5% 73.9%
On the ground 21 / 28 75.0% 74.4% 27 / 35 77.1% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 363 28.4% 36.0% 274 / 900 30.4% 36.0%
To the body 54 / 82 65.9% 69.5% 144 / 190 75.8% 69.5%
To the legs 23 / 30 76.7% 82.3% 144 / 195 73.8% 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 Mazo L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 167 / 401 41.6% 39.0% 351 / 859 40.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 46 / 67 68.7% 73.8% 34 / 55 61.8% 73.8%
On the ground 67 / 93 72.0% 73.4% 16 / 26 61.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 389 40.6% 35.0% 182 / 648 28.1% 35.0%
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

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 0.94
214.3% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
1359.1% def · norm 61.1%
3:326.6% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
13:4014.8% of cage time · norm 18.7%
24:256:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
20:423:22 per 15 · norm 3:00
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.