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Shayna Baszler vs.
Bethe Correia

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

0-2-0 Shayna Baszler · UFC
5-6-1 Bethe Correia · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
5-6-1
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
45
AgeΔ 2 yrs
43
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
136.5
Layoff (months)Δ 78.4 mo
58.1
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Shayna Baszler is a submission threat — 1.69 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Shayna Baszler absorbs 9.36 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Bethe Correia rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight 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.

Shayna Baszler

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Bethe Correia

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

In the UFC: 2-3 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

91.02/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
6644.37/min · norm 3.56
839.36/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
7504.93/min · norm 3.51
23.7%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
43.8%norm 46.65%
30.8%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
56.0%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Shayna Baszler

Distance 71.1% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 28.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.5%)

Bethe Correia

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 7.5%)

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

Shayna Baszler

Head 97.4% (norm 75.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 8.8%)

Bethe Correia

Head 73.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Baszler L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Correia L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 5 / 27 18.5% 38.3% 573 / 1381 41.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 4 / 11 too few to rate 73.3% 87 / 127 68.5% 73.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 9 / 37 24.3% 37.7% 381 / 1109 34.4% 37.7%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.0% 163 / 248 65.7% 70.0%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 80.9% 120 / 158 75.9% 80.9%

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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Baszler L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Correia L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 55 / 80 68.8% 41.3% 583 / 1487 39.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 25 / 36 69.4% 74.7% 119 / 162 73.5% 74.7%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 74.2% 48 / 57 84.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 88 65.9% 38.1% 505 / 1400 36.1% 38.1%
To the body 18 / 25 72.0% 73.2% 153 / 201 76.1% 73.2%
To the legs 7 / 7 too few to rate 80.9% 92 / 105 87.6% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

116.7% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
418.2% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 0.91
0— def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1885.7% def · norm 62.5%
1:5621.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
19:3812.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
2:374:25 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
12:521:16 per 15 · norm 3:19
11.69/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.34

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

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