Sarah Frota vs. Livinha Souza

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

Tale of the tape

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

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

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Sarah Frota

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

Livinha Souza

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

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

Sarah Frota

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

Livinha Souza

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Frota L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Souza L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 88 29.5% 39.9% 79 / 193 40.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 73.3% 20 / 29 69.0% 72.6%
On the ground 11 / 18 too few to rate 74.7% 15 / 31 48.4% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 91 34.1% 34.9% 51 / 166 30.7% 35.4%
To the body 8 / 13 too few to rate 69.5% 28 / 43 65.1% 69.3%
To the legs 2 / 6 too few to rate 82.6% 35 / 44 79.5% 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 Frota L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Souza L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 22 / 57 38.6% 38.8% 150 / 427 35.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 3 / 3 too few to rate 74.1% 42 / 64 65.6% 71.5%
On the ground 27 / 47 57.4% 73.4% 42 / 51 82.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 86 44.2% 35.3% 175 / 446 39.2% 36.0%
To the body 8 / 12 too few to rate 69.0% 38 / 62 61.3% 68.4%
To the legs 6 / 9 too few to rate 78.7% 21 / 34 61.8% 79.1%

Grappling

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

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