Alex Pereira vs. Bruno Silva
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Alex Pereira
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 2 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.8 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.4 wins over .500
Bruno Silva
Full career not yet synced for Bruno Silva — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Alex Pereira
Distance 85.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 10.6%)
Bruno Silva
Distance 82.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Alex Pereira
Head 59.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 9.7%)
Bruno Silva
Head 83.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pereira L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Silva L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 566 / 975 | 58.1% | 41.5% | 274 / 643 | 42.6% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 72 / 83 | 86.7% | 70.8% | 44 / 63 | 69.8% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 59 / 78 | 75.6% | 72.9% | 58 / 77 | 75.3% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 326 / 672 | 48.5% | 39.2% | 284 / 650 | 43.7% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 180 / 225 | 80.0% | 72.0% | 58 / 89 | 65.2% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 191 / 239 | 79.9% | 82.1% | 34 / 44 | 77.3% | 83.3% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Pereira L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Silva L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 444 / 994 | 44.7% | 40.6% | 375 / 705 | 53.2% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 41 / 58 | 70.7% | 68.8% | 76 / 98 | 77.6% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 33 / 40 | 82.5% | 70.4% | 70 / 95 | 73.7% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 283 / 781 | 36.2% | 37.7% | 311 / 647 | 48.1% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 118 / 177 | 66.7% | 72.9% | 130 / 163 | 79.8% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 117 / 134 | 87.3% | 83.1% | 80 / 88 | 90.9% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pereira has more cage time on record.