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Sheila Gaff vs.
Amanda Nunes

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 Sheila Gaff · UFC
16-2-0 Amanda Nunes · 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
16-2-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
156.1
Layoff (months)Δ 118.2 mo
37.9
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW
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.

Amanda Nunes carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Amanda Nunes hunts takedowns — 2.79 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Sheila Gaff rarely shoots — 0.00 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.

Sheila Gaff

Full career not yet synced for Sheila Gaff — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Amanda Nunes

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

In the UFC: 13-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

101.60/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
9284.54/min · norm 3.56
182.89/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
4992.44/min · norm 3.51
50.0%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
52.0%norm 46.65%
28.0%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
80.59/15 · norm 0.08

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

Sheila Gaff

Distance 45.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 55.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.5%)

Amanda Nunes

Distance 73.4% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 23.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Sheila Gaff

Head 40.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 55.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.8%)

Amanda Nunes

Head 74.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.1% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gaff L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Nunes L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 9 too few to rate 38.3% 639 / 1309 48.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 8 / 11 too few to rate 73.3% 33 / 51 64.7% 73.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8% 256 / 424 60.4% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 8 too few to rate 37.7% 629 / 1337 47.0% 37.7%
To the body 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.0% 124 / 198 62.6% 70.0%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 80.9% 175 / 249 70.3% 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 Gaff L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Nunes L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 5 too few to rate 41.3% 397 / 1071 37.1% 41.3%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.7% 45 / 66 68.2% 74.7%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 74.2% 57 / 89 64.0% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 16 / 22 too few to rate 38.1% 338 / 1001 33.8% 38.1%
To the body 2 / 3 too few to rate 73.2% 73 / 109 67.0% 73.2%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 80.9% 88 / 116 75.9% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
3856.7% acc · 2.79/15 · norm 0.91
120.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2681.3% def · norm 62.5%
0:133.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
69:5834.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
5:2513:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
13:120:58 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
100.73/15 · norm 0.34

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

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