Norma Dumont vs. Irene Aldana

UFC 9-3-0 vs. 8-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-3-0
UFC record
8-6-0
Women's Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 3 yrs
38
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
67"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.5
Layoff (months)Δ 19.3 mo
22.8
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

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.
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

Norma Dumont

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6873.85/min · norm 3.85
Sig. strikes landed
10655.19/min · norm 3.56
4162.33/min · norm 2.33
Sig. strikes absorbed
13636.64/min · norm 3.51
51.0%norm 51.0%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 46.65%
64.3%norm 64.3%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 52.45%
20.17/15 · norm 0.17
Knockdowns
30.22/15 · norm 0.08

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

Norma Dumont

Distance 87.8% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 11.9%)

Irene Aldana

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

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

Norma Dumont

Head 74.7% (norm 74.7%) · Body 14.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 9.0%)

Irene Aldana

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dumont L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med Aldana L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 559 / 1183 47.3% 47.3% 948 / 2504 37.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 90 / 110 81.8% 78.3% 55 / 74 74.3% 73.3%
On the ground 38 / 55 69.1% 69.1% 62 / 89 69.7% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 413 / 1007 41.0% 42.9% 743 / 2174 34.2% 37.7%
To the body 151 / 191 79.1% 79.1% 145 / 255 56.9% 70.0%
To the legs 123 / 150 82.0% 82.0% 177 / 238 74.4% 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 Featherweight: 3 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 Dumont L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med vs Aldana L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 343 / 1060 32.4% 32.4% 1258 / 2942 42.8% 41.3%
In the clinch 64 / 88 72.7% 72.7% 44 / 74 59.5% 74.7%
On the ground 9 / 18 too few to rate 72.2% 61 / 103 59.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 821 26.3% 26.3% 828 / 2395 34.6% 38.1%
To the body 119 / 203 58.6% 60.3% 242 / 388 62.4% 73.2%
To the legs 81 / 142 57.0% 67.6% 293 / 336 87.2% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1754.8% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.18
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 0.15/15 · norm 0.91
2371.9% def · norm 71.9%
Takedowns stopped
5677.8% def · norm 62.5%
42:5224.0% of cage time · norm 24.0%
Control time
4:302.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
34:172:52 per 15 · norm 2:26
Time under control
28:442:06 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Submission attempts
30.22/15 · 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.