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Bruno Silva vs.
Jordan Wright

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
2-5-0 Jordan Wright · 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
2-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37.1
AgeΔ 2.3 yrs
34.8
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
14.9
Layoff (months)Δ 26.7 mo
41.6
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Jordan Wright carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Jordan Wright absorbs 5.86 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Bruno Silva absorbs 5.35 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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

Jordan Wright

Full career not yet synced for Jordan Wright — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 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
1454.13/min · norm 3.25
5215.35/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2065.86/min · norm 3.20
48.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
57.5%norm 47.4%
42.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
32.0%norm 53.8%
20.31/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.85/15 · 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%)

Jordan Wright

Distance 62.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.7% (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%)

Jordan Wright

Head 70.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.0% (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 Wright L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 643 42.6% 40.5% 64 / 157 40.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 44 / 63 69.8% 70.3% 57 / 63 90.5% 70.3%
On the ground 58 / 77 75.3% 69.1% 24 / 32 75.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 650 43.7% 38.9% 82 / 177 46.3% 38.9%
To the body 58 / 89 65.2% 71.7% 54 / 65 83.1% 71.7%
To the legs 34 / 44 77.3% 83.3% 9 / 10 too few to rate 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 Wright L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 375 / 705 53.2% 39.5% 87 / 160 54.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 76 / 98 77.6% 70.9% 88 / 100 88.0% 70.9%
On the ground 70 / 95 73.7% 69.0% 31 / 43 72.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 311 / 647 48.1% 37.9% 147 / 236 62.3% 37.9%
To the body 130 / 163 79.8% 71.3% 50 / 58 86.2% 71.3%
To the legs 80 / 88 90.9% 82.1% 9 / 9 too few to rate 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
545.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.42
3574.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
12100.0% def · norm 63.1%
12:0712.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
7:3721.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
26:304:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
13:035:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.43/15 · norm 0.47

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

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