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Taila Santos vs.
Gillian Robertson

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

4-3-0 Taila Santos · UFC
14-6-0 Gillian Robertson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
14-6-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
33
AgeΔ 2 yrs
31
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
35.3
Layoff (months)Δ 30.5 mo
4.8
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
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.

Taila Santos carries real power — 0.43 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Taila Santos is a submission threat — 1.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Gillian Robertson is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 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.

Taila Santos

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Gillian Robertson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 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

3153.01/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5602.71/min · norm 3.91
2692.57/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
5902.86/min · norm 3.81
45.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.5%norm 44.9%
57.3%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
56.0%norm 55.95%
30.43/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Taila Santos

Distance 80.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 4.9%)

Gillian Robertson

Distance 68.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 29.8% (norm 4.9%)

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

Taila Santos

Head 70.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 15.7% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 7.7%)

Gillian Robertson

Head 74.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.9% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Robertson L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 551 39.0% 39.9% 281 / 785 35.8% 39.9%
In the clinch 43 / 57 75.4% 73.3% 20 / 26 76.9% 73.3%
On the ground 57 / 80 71.2% 74.7% 259 / 344 75.3% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 167 / 486 34.4% 34.9% 377 / 864 43.6% 34.9%
To the body 65 / 108 60.2% 69.5% 90 / 160 56.2% 69.5%
To the legs 83 / 94 88.3% 82.6% 93 / 131 71.0% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Santos L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Robertson L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 212 / 549 38.6% 38.8% 407 / 1127 36.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 37 / 56 66.1% 74.1% 55 / 70 78.6% 74.1%
On the ground 20 / 25 80.0% 73.4% 128 / 145 88.3% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 475 31.6% 35.3% 452 / 1161 38.9% 35.3%
To the body 56 / 78 71.8% 69.0% 90 / 119 75.6% 69.0%
To the legs 63 / 77 81.8% 78.7% 48 / 62 77.4% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1575.0% acc · 2.15/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
3840.9% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.02
2985.3% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
738.9% def · norm 58.95%
41:4439.8% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
102:3649.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
23:183:20 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
30:052:11 per 15 · norm 3:03
91.29/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
120.87/15 · norm 0.32

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

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