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Shauna Bannon vs.
Nicolle Caliari

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
1-2-0 Nicolle Caliari · 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
1-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
32.8
AgeΔ 3 yrs
29.8
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'3"
65"
ReachΔ 3"
62"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
2.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
2.7
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLL
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.

Nicolle Caliari hunts takedowns — 3.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Shauna Bannon rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Nicolle Caliari owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 19% 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.

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

Nicolle Caliari

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 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
1193.00/min · norm 3.91
1903.25/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
2335.88/min · norm 3.81
44.6%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.0%norm 44.9%
45.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
53.4%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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%)

Nicolle Caliari

Distance 91.8% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 4.9%)

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%)

Nicolle Caliari

Head 78.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 7.7%)

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 Caliari L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 473 43.1% 38.3% 101 / 280 36.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 12 / 20 too few to rate 72.6% 7 / 10 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 9 / 11 too few to rate 75.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 291 35.4% 35.4% 80 / 240 33.3% 34.9%
To the body 78 / 140 55.7% 69.3% 27 / 50 54.0% 69.5%
To the legs 44 / 73 60.3% 77.9% 12 / 15 too few to rate 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Bannon L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Caliari L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 128 / 276 46.4% 39.7% 202 / 461 43.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 22 / 27 81.5% 71.5% 19 / 27 70.4% 74.1%
On the ground 40 / 48 83.3% 74.4% 12 / 12 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 131 / 271 48.3% 36.0% 178 / 423 42.1% 35.3%
To the body 38 / 52 73.1% 68.4% 51 / 69 73.9% 69.0%
To the legs 21 / 28 75.0% 79.1% 4 / 8 too few to rate 78.7%
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
825.8% acc · 3.03/15 · norm 1.02
947.4% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 58.95%
4:047.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
13:5235.0% of cage time · norm 19.15%
25:096:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
4:411:46 per 15 · norm 3:03
20.51/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.38/15 · norm 0.32

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

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