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Andrea Lee vs.
Natalia Silva

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

5-9-0 Andrea Lee · UFC
8-0-0 Natalia Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

5-9-0
UFC record
8-0-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 8 yrs
29
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
69"
ReachΔ 4"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
17.2
Layoff (months)Δ 10.8 mo
6.4
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Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Natalia Silva carries real power — 0.29 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Andrea Lee is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Andrea Lee hunts takedowns — 1.65 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Andrea Lee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 59
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Natalia Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 80
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9244.62/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5024.81/min · norm 3.91
7823.91/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
2462.36/min · norm 3.81
45.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 44.9%
61.5%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
66.3%norm 55.95%
10.08/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.09

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

Andrea Lee

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 4.9%)

Natalia Silva

Distance 96.6% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 4.9%)

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

Andrea Lee

Head 65.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 22.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 7.7%)

Natalia Silva

Head 74.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Silva L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 758 / 1817 41.7% 39.9% 474 / 1071 44.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 100 / 125 80.0% 73.3% 13 / 16 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 66 / 90 73.3% 74.7% 15 / 22 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 414 / 1332 31.1% 34.9% 289 / 825 35.0% 34.9%
To the body 309 / 450 68.7% 69.5% 107 / 164 65.2% 69.5%
To the legs 201 / 250 80.4% 82.6% 106 / 120 88.3% 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Lee L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 704 / 1906 36.9% 38.8% 232 / 708 32.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 54 / 83 65.1% 74.1% 14 / 23 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 24 / 40 60.0% 73.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 486 / 1574 30.9% 35.3% 130 / 530 24.5% 35.3%
To the body 156 / 294 53.1% 69.0% 58 / 114 50.9% 69.0%
To the legs 140 / 161 87.0% 78.7% 58 / 87 66.7% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

2252.4% acc · 1.65/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
330.0% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.02
3553.8% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
2890.3% def · norm 58.95%
30:2715.2% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
6:045.8% of cage time · norm 19.15%
38:252:52 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
19:342:48 per 15 · norm 3:03
80.60/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

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