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Talita Bernardo vs.
Irene Aldana

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

1-3-0 Talita Bernardo · UFC
8-6-0 Irene Aldana · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
8-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
39.4
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38.4
5'4"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
86.9
Layoff (months)Δ 64.2 mo
22.7
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Irene Aldana carries real power — 0.22 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Irene Aldana absorbs 6.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Talita Bernardo hunts takedowns — 1.62 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.

Talita Bernardo

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Irene Aldana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1743.12/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
10655.19/min · norm 3.56
2254.04/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
13636.64/min · norm 3.51
42.1%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 46.65%
55.7%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
30.22/15 · norm 0.08

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

Talita Bernardo

Distance 91.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 7.5%)

Irene Aldana

Distance 93.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 7.5%)

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

Talita Bernardo

Head 80.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.8%)

Irene Aldana

Head 81.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bernardo L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Aldana L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 148 / 379 39.1% 38.3% 948 / 2504 37.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 7 / 9 too few to rate 73.3% 55 / 74 74.3% 73.3%
On the ground 19 / 25 76.0% 70.8% 62 / 89 69.7% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 106 / 334 31.7% 37.7% 743 / 2174 34.2% 37.7%
To the body 24 / 30 80.0% 70.0% 145 / 255 56.9% 70.0%
To the legs 44 / 49 89.8% 80.9% 177 / 238 74.4% 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 Bernardo L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Aldana L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 398 38.4% 41.3% 1258 / 2942 42.8% 41.3%
In the clinch 16 / 22 too few to rate 74.7% 44 / 74 59.5% 74.7%
On the ground 56 / 88 63.6% 74.2% 61 / 103 59.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 174 / 440 39.5% 38.1% 828 / 2395 34.6% 38.1%
To the body 29 / 40 72.5% 73.2% 242 / 388 62.4% 73.2%
To the legs 22 / 28 78.6% 80.9% 293 / 336 87.2% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

622.2% acc · 1.62/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 0.15/15 · norm 0.91
228.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
5677.8% def · norm 62.5%
19:4035.3% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
4:302.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
7:392:03 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
28:442:06 per 15 · norm 3:19
20.54/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
30.22/15 · norm 0.34

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

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