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History · 2021 · UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori · Tabatha Ricci vs Maria Oliveira
From the tape · 23 Oct 2021

Tabatha Ricci vs Maria Oliveira

UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Result

Tabatha Ricci beat Maria Oliveira

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
Women's StrawweightMain cardReferee · Keith Peterson

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

Red corner TabathaRicci“Baby Shark”Brazilian Thai · Born in Birigui, São Paulo, Brazil · Fights out of Ventura, California, United States
VSOn the tape
Blue corner MariaOliveira“Spider-Girl”Parana Vale Tudo · Hometown (per Sherdog): Sao Joao de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro
Women's Strawweight3 rounds23 Oct 2021
The story going in
  • Carries 14 points more striking defence than Oliveira.
  • Lands 1.3 more significant strikes a minute than Ricci.
12-5
Record
13-7
26
Age
−2 yr24
5' 1"
Height
+5″5' 6"
61″
Reach
+8″69″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Brazilian Thai
Gym
Parana Vale Tudo
Ventura, California, United Statesfights out of
From
Sao Joao de Meriti, Rio de Janeirohometown, per Sherdog
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them, and how the three judges scored that round.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Tabatha Ricci21 sig landed
HEAD52%11 of 39BODY38%8 of 9LEGS10%2 of 4
Maria Oliveira28 sig landed
HEAD50%14 of 57BODY29%8 of 17LEGS21%6 of 7
21 of 52
Sig.
strikes
28 of 81
1 of 4
Take-
downs
0 of 0
1:22
Control
0:00
Distance 14Clinch 5Ground 2
Where it
happened
Distance 26Clinch 2Ground 0
Judges · this round · Ricci firstDouglas Crosby10–9Junichiro Kamijo10–9Tony Weeks10–9
Round 25:00 of action
Tabatha Ricci29 sig landed
HEAD72%21 of 37BODY7%2 of 5LEGS21%6 of 6
Maria Oliveira19 sig landed
HEAD42%8 of 31BODY42%8 of 12LEGS16%3 of 5
29 of 48
Sig.
strikes
19 of 48
2 of 2
Take-
downs
0 of 0
2:20
Control
0:01
Distance 12Clinch 0Ground 17
Where it
happened
Distance 17Clinch 1Ground 1
Judges · this round · Ricci firstDouglas Crosby10–9Junichiro Kamijo10–9Tony Weeks10–9
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Tabatha Ricci12 sig landed
HEAD83%10 of 33BODY17%2 of 2LEGS0%0 landed
Maria Oliveira19 sig landed
HEAD63%12 of 40BODY11%2 of 4LEGS26%5 of 5
12 of 35
Sig.
strikes
19 of 49
2 of 5
Take-
downs
0 of 0
2:56
Control
0:00
Distance 3Clinch 0Ground 9
Where it
happened
Distance 18Clinch 1Ground 0
Judges · this round · Ricci firstDouglas Crosby10–9Junichiro Kamijo10–9Tony Weeks10–9

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

The cards, totalled

The judges’ final totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score. Their round-by-round 10–9s are with the rounds above.

Official card

Unanimous Decision

Referee · Keith Peterson
Tabatha RicciMaria Oliveira
Official totals — Tabatha Ricci first
JudgeTotal
Douglas Crosby30–27
Junichiro Kamijo2.0 avg spread · 43% wide30–27
Tony Weeks2.1 avg spread · 49% wide30–27

Each judge’s round-by-round scores sit with the round they belong to, in the round-by-round section above — switch a round there and the three cards for it change with the stats.

Media cards — 9 scored, Tabatha Ricci first · unofficial

Shawn Bitter Cageside Press30–27
Ryan Frederick WrestlingObserver.com30–27
Steve Duncan mma.uno30–27
Keith Shillan Sherdog.com30–27
MM AMania.com30–27
MM AJunkie.com30–27
Jay Pettry Sherdog.com30–27
Ben Duffy Sherdog.com30–27
Brian Knapp Sherdog.com30–27

Fan vote · unofficial

30-27 Ricci · 73%30-26 Ricci · 14%29-28 Ricci · 14%

22 fan cards submitted to MMA Decisions.

Official cards come from the UFCStats fight record and MMA Decisions. Media cards and the fan vote are MMA Decisions’ own collection and are not official. Judge tendency figures are that judge’s whole recorded history, not this bout — they are context for how a card was scored, never a claim that it was scored wrongly.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Tabatha Ricci

2.37takedowns / 15 min
2.37 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.95 / 15m
6.97 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
2.16 / 15m
34%
ACCURACY
44%
0.10 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Maria Oliveira

0.95takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (4.19 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Women's Strawweight

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Tabatha Ricci vs Maria Oliveira.

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