Valentina Shevchenko vs.
Sarah Kaufman
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Valentina Shevchenko
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts
In the UFC: 12-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500
Sarah Kaufman
Full career not yet synced for Sarah Kaufman — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Valentina Shevchenko
Distance 81.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 4.9%)
Sarah Kaufman
Distance 72.6% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Valentina Shevchenko
Head 76.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.7%)
Sarah Kaufman
Head 72.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Shevchenko L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med | Kaufman L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 790 / 1693 | 46.7% | 39.9% | 216 / 550 | 39.3% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 104 / 155 | 67.1% | 73.3% | 143 / 185 | 77.3% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 206 / 242 | 85.1% | 74.7% | 22 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 722 / 1590 | 45.4% | 34.9% | 210 / 546 | 38.5% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 150 / 221 | 67.9% | 69.5% | 76 / 98 | 77.6% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 228 / 279 | 81.7% | 82.6% | 95 / 114 | 83.3% | 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Shevchenko L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med | vs Kaufman L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 529 / 1739 | 30.4% | 38.8% | 133 / 479 | 27.8% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 153 / 183 | 83.6% | 74.1% | 73 / 111 | 65.8% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 44 / 69 | 63.8% | 73.4% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 265 / 1251 | 21.2% | 35.3% | 128 / 488 | 26.2% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 215 / 351 | 61.3% | 69.0% | 39 / 59 | 66.1% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 246 / 389 | 63.2% | 78.7% | 43 / 48 | 89.6% | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Shevchenko has more cage time on record.