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Shauna Bannon vs.
Bruna Brasil

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

2-3-0 Shauna Bannon · UFC
2-5-0 Bruna Brasil · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32.8
AgeΔ 0.1 yrs
32.9
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
65"
ReachΔ 0"
65"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
2.7
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
4.3
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Shauna Bannon rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Shauna Bannon is a submission threat — 0.51 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Bruna Brasil is accurate with strikes at range — lands 52%, vs a 38% 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.

Shauna Bannon

Full career not yet synced for Shauna Bannon — 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 -0.4 wins over .500

Bruna Brasil

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2253.85/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2422.48/min · norm 3.77
1903.25/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4074.17/min · norm 3.94
44.6%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
56.4%norm 44.5%
45.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
49.4%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Shauna Bannon

Distance 93.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 5.0%)

Bruna Brasil

Distance 84.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 11.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Shauna Bannon

Head 57.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 27.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.1%)

Bruna Brasil

Head 57.1% (norm 76.4%) · Body 29.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bannon L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Brasil L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 473 43.1% 38.3% 188 / 364 51.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 12 / 20 too few to rate 72.6% 45 / 51 88.2% 72.6%
On the ground 9 / 11 too few to rate 75.0% 9 / 14 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 291 35.4% 35.4% 100 / 245 40.8% 35.4%
To the body 78 / 140 55.7% 69.3% 98 / 126 77.8% 69.3%
To the legs 44 / 73 60.3% 77.9% 44 / 58 75.9% 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 Bannon L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Brasil L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 128 / 276 46.4% 39.7% 326 / 691 47.2% 39.7%
In the clinch 22 / 27 81.5% 71.5% 47 / 62 75.8% 71.5%
On the ground 40 / 48 83.3% 74.4% 34 / 52 65.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 131 / 271 48.3% 36.0% 172 / 464 37.1% 36.0%
To the body 38 / 52 73.1% 68.4% 125 / 190 65.8% 68.4%
To the legs 21 / 28 75.0% 79.1% 110 / 151 72.8% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
746.7% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.10
947.4% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2057.1% def · norm 64.1%
4:047.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
13:2513.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
25:096:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
27:044:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.51/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

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