Irene Aldana vs. Lucie Pudilova

UFC 8-6-0 vs. 3-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-6-0
UFC record
3-8-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 6 yrs
32
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
22.8
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
24.6
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Irene Aldana carries real power — 0.22 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Lucie Pudilova carries real power — 0.20 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.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Lucie Pudilova

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 38
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10655.19/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
5413.60/min · norm 3.56
13636.64/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
6124.07/min · norm 3.51
39.9%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 46.65%
56.3%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 52.45%
30.22/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
20.20/15 · norm 0.08

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

Irene Aldana

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

Lucie Pudilova

Distance 83.5% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Irene Aldana

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

Lucie Pudilova

Head 85.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aldana L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Pudilova L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 948 / 2504 37.9% 38.3% 366 / 1198 30.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 55 / 74 74.3% 73.3% 97 / 125 77.6% 73.3%
On the ground 62 / 89 69.7% 70.8% 78 / 112 69.6% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 743 / 2174 34.2% 37.7% 402 / 1224 32.8% 37.7%
To the body 145 / 255 56.9% 70.0% 89 / 132 67.4% 70.0%
To the legs 177 / 238 74.4% 80.9% 50 / 79 63.3% 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 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 Aldana L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Pudilova L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1258 / 2942 42.8% 41.3% 434 / 965 45.0% 41.3%
In the clinch 44 / 74 59.5% 74.7% 108 / 150 72.0% 74.7%
On the ground 61 / 103 59.2% 74.2% 70 / 116 60.3% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 828 / 2395 34.6% 38.1% 322 / 836 38.5% 38.1%
To the body 242 / 388 62.4% 73.2% 126 / 195 64.6% 73.2%
To the legs 293 / 336 87.2% 80.9% 164 / 200 82.0% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
250.0% acc · 0.15/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
731.8% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 0.91
5677.8% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1967.9% def · norm 62.5%
4:302.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
33:4822.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
28:442:06 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
30:153:01 per 15 · norm 3:19
30.22/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
60.60/15 · 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.