Bethe Correia vs. Shayna Baszler

UFC 5-6-1 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-6-1
UFC record
0-2-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
43
AgeΔ 3 yrs
46
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
64"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
58.2
Layoff (months)Δ 78.4 mo
136.6
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shayna Baszler is a submission threat — 1.69 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Shayna Baszler absorbs 9.36 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Bethe Correia rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bethe Correia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Shayna Baszler

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 159

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.05 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6644.37/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
91.02/min · norm 3.56
7504.93/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
839.36/min · norm 3.51
43.8%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
23.7%norm 46.65%
56.0%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
30.8%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Bethe Correia

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 7.5%)

Shayna Baszler

Distance 71.1% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 28.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.5%)

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

Bethe Correia

Head 73.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.8%)

Shayna Baszler

Head 97.4% (norm 75.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Correia L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Baszler L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 573 / 1381 41.5% 38.3% 5 / 27 18.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 87 / 127 68.5% 73.3% 4 / 11 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 381 / 1109 34.4% 37.7% 9 / 37 24.3% 37.7%
To the body 163 / 248 65.7% 70.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.0%
To the legs 120 / 158 75.9% 80.9% 0 / 1 too few to rate 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 Correia L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Baszler L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 583 / 1487 39.2% 41.3% 55 / 80 68.8% 41.3%
In the clinch 119 / 162 73.5% 74.7% 25 / 36 69.4% 74.7%
On the ground 48 / 57 84.2% 74.2% 3 / 4 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 505 / 1400 36.1% 38.1% 58 / 88 65.9% 38.1%
To the body 153 / 201 76.1% 73.2% 18 / 25 72.0% 73.2%
To the legs 92 / 105 87.6% 80.9% 7 / 7 too few to rate 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
418.2% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 0.91
1885.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 62.5%
19:3812.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
1:5621.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
12:521:16 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
2:374:25 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
11.69/15 · norm 0.34

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