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Talita Alencar vs.
Julia Polastri

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

4-1-0 Talita Alencar · UFC
2-3-0 Julia Polastri · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-1-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
35.8
AgeΔ 7.4 yrs
28.4
5'1"
HeightΔ 1"
5'2"
58"
ReachΔ 5"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
3.4
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.
Talita Alencar is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Julia Polastri outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 6.22 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 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.

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

Julia Polastri

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2423.24/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
4546.22/min · norm 3.77
2423.24/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
3805.21/min · norm 3.94
35.7%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
58.1%norm 44.5%
54.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
58.0%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Talita Alencar

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

Julia Polastri

Distance 84.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 5.0%)

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

Talita Alencar

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

Julia Polastri

Head 71.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 19.7% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alencar L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Polastri L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 155 / 566 27.4% 38.3% 370 / 664 55.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 29 / 38 76.3% 72.6% 59 / 77 76.6% 72.6%
On the ground 58 / 74 78.4% 75.0% 25 / 41 61.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 148 / 510 29.0% 35.4% 269 / 558 48.2% 35.4%
To the body 70 / 131 53.4% 69.3% 122 / 154 79.2% 69.3%
To the legs 24 / 37 64.9% 77.9% 63 / 70 90.0% 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 Alencar L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Polastri L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 217 / 491 44.2% 39.7% 344 / 852 40.4% 39.7%
In the clinch 22 / 32 68.8% 71.5% 26 / 38 68.4% 71.5%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 74.4% 10 / 15 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 157 / 409 38.4% 36.0% 227 / 692 32.8% 36.0%
To the body 41 / 61 67.2% 68.4% 101 / 154 65.6% 68.4%
To the legs 44 / 56 78.6% 79.1% 52 / 59 88.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1437.8% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 1.10
2100.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1661.5% def · norm 64.1%
24:3733.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
8:5612.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
3:490:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
16:313:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.60/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.21/15 · 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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