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Charlie Brenneman vs.
Erick Silva

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 Charlie Brenneman · UFC
7-8-0 Erick Silva · 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
7-8-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45.5
AgeΔ 3.4 yrs
42.1
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
140.9
Layoff (months)Δ 37.3 mo
103.6
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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.

Charlie Brenneman owns the mat — in control 62% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Charlie Brenneman hunts takedowns — 4.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Erick Silva is a submission threat — 1.41 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight 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.

Charlie Brenneman

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Erick Silva

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

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1291.52/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2652.50/min · norm 3.17
1321.55/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4434.18/min · norm 3.06
56.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 44.9%
47.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
49.7%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.42/15 · norm 0.38

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

Charlie Brenneman

Distance 44.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 39.5% (norm 8.1%)

Erick Silva

Distance 75.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Charlie Brenneman

Head 62.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 25.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Erick Silva

Head 69.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brenneman L/AAccWelterweight med Silva L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 101 30.7% 38.6% 170 / 408 41.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 18 / 37 48.6% 67.8% 33 / 50 66.0% 67.8%
On the ground 80 / 90 88.9% 67.2% 62 / 86 72.1% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 142 35.9% 37.2% 146 / 378 38.6% 37.2%
To the body 52 / 58 89.7% 70.7% 77 / 116 66.4% 70.7%
To the legs 26 / 28 92.9% 82.9% 42 / 50 84.0% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Brenneman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 155 39.4% 39.0% 213 / 521 40.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 41 65.9% 68.9% 75 / 116 64.7% 68.9%
On the ground 44 / 53 83.0% 68.0% 155 / 243 63.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 175 44.0% 35.6% 355 / 757 46.9% 35.6%
To the body 38 / 50 76.0% 69.6% 56 / 84 66.7% 69.6%
To the legs 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.1% 32 / 39 82.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2442.1% acc · 4.23/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
635.3% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.27
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2956.9% def · norm 63.9%
52:3661.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
16:4015.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:122:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
34:404:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
101.41/15 · norm 0.45

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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