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Bruno Silva vs. Alex Pereira

UFC 4-7-0 vs. 10-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-7-0
UFC record
10-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
74"
ReachΔ 5"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
17.3
Layoff (months)Δ 13.1 mo
4.2
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alex Pereira carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alex Pereira rarely shoots — 0.11 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Bruno Silva absorbs 5.35 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Alex Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 102
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3763.86/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6975.01/min · norm 3.48
5215.35/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5183.72/min · norm 3.37
48.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
61.4%norm 48.45%
42.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 52.75%
20.31/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.75/15 · norm 0.40

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

Bruno Silva

Distance 82.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.0%)

Alex Pereira

Distance 85.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 10.6%)

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

Bruno Silva

Head 83.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Alex Pereira

Head 59.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccMiddleweight med Pereira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 643 42.6% 40.5% 566 / 975 58.1% 41.5%
In the clinch 44 / 63 69.8% 70.6% 72 / 83 86.7% 70.8%
On the ground 58 / 77 75.3% 69.4% 59 / 78 75.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 650 43.7% 38.8% 326 / 672 48.5% 39.2%
To the body 58 / 89 65.2% 71.6% 180 / 225 80.0% 72.0%
To the legs 34 / 44 77.3% 83.3% 191 / 239 79.9% 82.1%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Silva L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 375 / 705 53.2% 39.5% 444 / 994 44.7% 40.6%
In the clinch 76 / 98 77.6% 70.4% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.8%
On the ground 70 / 95 73.7% 69.0% 33 / 40 82.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 311 / 647 48.1% 37.9% 283 / 781 36.2% 37.7%
To the body 130 / 163 79.8% 71.3% 118 / 177 66.7% 72.9%
To the legs 80 / 88 90.9% 82.1% 117 / 134 87.3% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
522.7% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.11/15 · norm 0.87
3574.5% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3680.0% def · norm 66.7%
12:0712.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
2:381.9% of cage time · norm 17.1%
26:304:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
31:133:21 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.22/15 · norm 0.28

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