Livinha Souza vs. Sarah Frota

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
39
5'3"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
63"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
57.5
Layoff (months)Δ 26.9 mo
84.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Livinha Souza is a submission threat — 1.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Livinha Souza hunts takedowns — 2.54 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Sarah Frota rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Livinha Souza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Sarah Frota

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

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

1141.75/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
411.69/min · norm 3.91
2343.60/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
522.15/min · norm 3.81
45.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 44.9%
56.8%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Livinha Souza

Distance 76.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 5.0%)

Sarah Frota

Distance 80.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.4% (norm 4.9%)

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

Livinha Souza

Head 65.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 17.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 9.1%)

Sarah Frota

Head 82.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Souza L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Frota L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 193 40.9% 38.3% 26 / 88 29.5% 39.9%
In the clinch 20 / 29 69.0% 72.6% 4 / 4 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 15 / 31 48.4% 75.0% 11 / 18 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 166 30.7% 35.4% 31 / 91 34.1% 34.9%
To the body 28 / 43 65.1% 69.3% 8 / 13 too few to rate 69.5%
To the legs 35 / 44 79.5% 77.9% 2 / 6 too few to rate 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Souza L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Frota L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 150 / 427 35.1% 39.7% 22 / 57 38.6% 38.8%
In the clinch 42 / 64 65.6% 71.5% 3 / 3 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 42 / 51 82.4% 74.4% 27 / 47 57.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 446 39.2% 36.0% 38 / 86 44.2% 35.3%
To the body 38 / 62 61.3% 68.4% 8 / 12 too few to rate 69.0%
To the legs 21 / 34 61.8% 79.1% 6 / 9 too few to rate 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1145.8% acc · 2.54/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.02
240.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
753.8% def · norm 58.95%
11:1717.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
4:3518.9% of cage time · norm 19.15%
23:055:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
11:347:09 per 15 · norm 3:03
61.38/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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