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Valerie Letourneau vs.
Viviane Pereira

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

3-3-0 Valerie Letourneau · UFC
2-2-0 Viviane Pereira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
43.3
AgeΔ 10.4 yrs
32.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 6"
5'1"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.8
Layoff (months)Δ 18.4 mo
97.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Viviane Pereira rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Viviane Pereira's takedown defense leaks — 29% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight norm.
Valerie Letourneau absorbs 5.40 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
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.

Valerie Letourneau

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Viviane Pereira

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4414.51/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1622.70/min · norm 3.77
5285.40/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
2694.48/min · norm 3.94
38.0%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
30.0%norm 44.5%
58.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
58.1%norm 54.4%
10.15/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Valerie Letourneau

Distance 88.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 5.0%)

Viviane Pereira

Distance 93.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 5.0%)

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

Valerie Letourneau

Head 83.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 11.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 9.1%)

Viviane Pereira

Head 85.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 11.7% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Letourneau L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Pereira L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 1032 35.2% 38.3% 141 / 503 28.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 57 / 102 55.9% 72.6% 13 / 21 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 21 / 27 77.8% 75.0% 8 / 16 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 305 / 972 31.4% 35.4% 122 / 463 26.3% 35.4%
To the body 95 / 132 72.0% 69.3% 28 / 63 44.4% 69.3%
To the legs 41 / 57 71.9% 77.9% 12 / 14 too few to rate 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 Letourneau L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 463 / 1169 39.6% 39.7% 177 / 522 33.9% 39.7%
In the clinch 49 / 87 56.3% 71.5% 23 / 33 69.7% 71.5%
On the ground 16 / 28 57.1% 74.4% 69 / 87 79.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 950 29.9% 36.0% 153 / 483 31.7% 36.0%
To the body 120 / 183 65.6% 68.4% 59 / 78 75.6% 68.4%
To the legs 124 / 151 82.1% 79.1% 57 / 81 70.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

545.5% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.10
1066.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 64.1%
10:2710.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
5:459.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
19:312:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:263:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.31/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.25/15 · norm 0.29

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

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