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Stephanie Luciano vs.
Talita Alencar

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

3-1-0 Stephanie Luciano · UFC
4-1-0 Talita Alencar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-1-0
UFC record
4-1-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
26.6
AgeΔ 9.2 yrs
35.8
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'1"
65"
ReachΔ 7"
58"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
3.4
WWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW
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.

Talita Alencar hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Stephanie Luciano is a submission threat — 0.65 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Talita Alencar is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 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.

Stephanie Luciano

Full career not yet synced for Stephanie Luciano — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Talita Alencar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 41
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.49 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 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

2345.07/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2423.24/min · norm 3.77
1663.60/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
2423.24/min · norm 3.94
39.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
35.7%norm 44.5%
63.8%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
54.0%norm 54.4%
10.32/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Stephanie Luciano

Distance 94.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 5.0%)

Talita Alencar

Distance 83.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 5.0%)

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

Stephanie Luciano

Head 75.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 13.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.1%)

Talita Alencar

Head 75.2% (norm 76.4%) · Body 19.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Luciano L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Alencar L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 211 / 561 37.6% 38.3% 155 / 566 27.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 72.6% 29 / 38 76.3% 72.6%
On the ground 10 / 17 too few to rate 75.0% 58 / 74 78.4% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 448 29.0% 35.4% 148 / 510 29.0% 35.4%
To the body 51 / 80 63.8% 69.3% 70 / 131 53.4% 69.3%
To the legs 53 / 69 76.8% 77.9% 24 / 37 64.9% 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 Luciano L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Alencar L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 440 35.0% 39.7% 217 / 491 44.2% 39.7%
In the clinch 8 / 14 too few to rate 71.5% 22 / 32 68.8% 71.5%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 74.4% 3 / 3 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 335 28.4% 36.0% 157 / 409 38.4% 36.0%
To the body 35 / 70 50.0% 68.4% 41 / 61 67.2% 68.4%
To the legs 36 / 54 66.7% 79.1% 44 / 56 78.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

562.5% acc · 1.62/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1437.8% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.10
1477.8% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 64.1%
5:4412.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
24:3733.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
4:591:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:490:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.65/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
30.60/15 · norm 0.29

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

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