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Bruno Silva vs.
Brendan Allen

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

4-7-0 Bruno Silva · UFC
15-4-0 Brendan Allen · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-7-0
UFC record
15-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37.1
AgeΔ 6.5 yrs
30.6
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
14.9
Layoff (months)Δ 12.9 mo
2
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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.

Brendan Allen is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Bruno Silva absorbs 5.35 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Brendan Allen owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

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

Brendan Allen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 164
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3763.86/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8343.74/min · norm 3.25
5215.35/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
8353.74/min · norm 3.20
48.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.3%norm 47.4%
42.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
48.2%norm 53.8%
20.31/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.20/15 · norm 0.32

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

Bruno Silva

Distance 82.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.3%)

Brendan Allen

Distance 83.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 10.3%)

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%)

Brendan Allen

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 8.4%)

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 Allen L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 643 42.6% 40.5% 650 / 1328 48.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 44 / 63 69.8% 70.3% 56 / 86 65.1% 70.3%
On the ground 58 / 77 75.3% 69.1% 128 / 181 70.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 650 43.7% 38.9% 549 / 1260 43.6% 38.9%
To the body 58 / 89 65.2% 71.7% 172 / 215 80.0% 71.7%
To the legs 34 / 44 77.3% 83.3% 113 / 120 94.2% 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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Allen L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 375 / 705 53.2% 39.5% 718 / 1449 49.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 76 / 98 77.6% 70.9% 48 / 66 72.7% 70.9%
On the ground 70 / 95 73.7% 69.0% 69 / 97 71.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 311 / 647 48.1% 37.9% 681 / 1410 48.3% 37.9%
To the body 130 / 163 79.8% 71.3% 112 / 151 74.2% 71.3%
To the legs 80 / 88 90.9% 82.1% 42 / 51 82.4% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

522.7% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2242.3% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.42
3574.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2455.8% def · norm 63.1%
12:0712.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
66:1229.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
26:304:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
50:553:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
151.01/15 · norm 0.47

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

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