Charles Johnson vs. Bruno Silva

UFC 8-7-0 vs. 5-6-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-7-0
UFC record
5-6-0 (1 NC)
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
5'4"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
65"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
2
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bruno Silva carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Charles Johnson carries real power — 0.31 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Charles Johnson rarely shoots — 0.47 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Charles Johnson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 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: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8684.54/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
4893.95/min · norm 3.49
7423.88/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
5844.72/min · norm 3.24
49.8%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 44.6%
55.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 56.4%
40.31/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
70.85/15 · norm 0.18

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

Charles Johnson

Distance 86.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 7.3%)

Bruno Silva

Distance 88.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 7.3%)

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

Charles Johnson

Head 65.1% (norm 75.9%) · Body 21.5% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 9.3%)

Bruno Silva

Head 72.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccFlyweight med Silva L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 706 / 1509 46.8% 40.0% 419 / 843 49.7% 40.0%
In the clinch 123 / 175 70.3% 70.4% 28 / 38 73.7% 70.4%
On the ground 39 / 59 66.1% 69.7% 42 / 71 59.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 432 / 1135 38.1% 37.6% 289 / 694 41.6% 37.6%
To the body 255 / 374 68.2% 68.5% 111 / 152 73.0% 68.5%
To the legs 181 / 234 77.4% 80.0% 89 / 106 84.0% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Johnson L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 662 / 1540 43.0% 40.1% 480 / 1051 45.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 56 / 87 64.4% 68.8% 62 / 88 70.5% 68.8%
On the ground 24 / 34 70.6% 71.1% 42 / 63 66.7% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 403 / 1190 33.9% 35.2% 396 / 940 42.1% 35.2%
To the body 174 / 267 65.2% 68.2% 115 / 170 67.6% 68.2%
To the legs 165 / 204 80.9% 80.3% 73 / 92 79.3% 80.3%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
616.7% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1624.2% acc · 1.94/15 · norm 1.30
8466.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1872.0% def · norm 62.5%
11:466.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
24:4320.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
54:534:18 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
11:291:23 per 15 · norm 2:44
50.39/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
20.24/15 · norm 0.58

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