Poliana Botelho vs. Cynthia Calvillo

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 6-6-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
6-6-1
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
5'4"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
50.1
Layoff (months)Δ 10.1 mo
40
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Cynthia Calvillo is a submission threat — 0.81 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Poliana Botelho carries real power — 0.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Cynthia Calvillo hunts takedowns — 1.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Poliana Botelho

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Cynthia Calvillo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2042.90/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
7364.41/min · norm 3.77
1972.80/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
6874.12/min · norm 3.94
58.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
38.4%norm 44.5%
54.2%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
64.0%norm 54.4%
10.21/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Poliana Botelho

Distance 69.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 4.9%)

Cynthia Calvillo

Distance 93.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 5.0%)

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

Poliana Botelho

Head 62.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 25.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 7.7%)

Cynthia Calvillo

Head 71.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 19.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Botelho L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Calvillo L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 112 / 240 46.7% 39.9% 639 / 1795 35.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 70 / 85 82.4% 73.3% 19 / 23 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 22 / 23 too few to rate 74.7% 78 / 98 79.6% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 104 / 217 47.9% 34.9% 394 / 1361 28.9% 35.4%
To the body 63 / 89 70.8% 69.5% 224 / 380 58.9% 69.3%
To the legs 37 / 42 88.1% 82.6% 118 / 175 67.4% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Botelho L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Calvillo L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 311 34.4% 38.8% 645 / 1833 35.2% 39.7%
In the clinch 24 / 28 85.7% 74.1% 36 / 67 53.7% 71.5%
On the ground 66 / 91 72.5% 73.4% 6 / 9 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 97 / 278 34.9% 35.3% 418 / 1520 27.5% 36.0%
To the body 50 / 73 68.5% 69.0% 121 / 202 59.9% 68.4%
To the legs 50 / 79 63.3% 78.7% 148 / 187 79.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
457.1% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
2044.4% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.10
2076.9% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1477.8% def · norm 64.1%
13:4719.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
32:1719.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
30:446:33 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
2:010:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
90.81/15 · norm 0.29

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