Claudio Silva vs. Brad Scott

UFC 5-3-0 vs. 3-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 6 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 5"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
48.5
Layoff (months)Δ 49.9 mo
98.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Claudio Silva is a submission threat — 1.11 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Claudio Silva hunts takedowns — 2.85 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Brad Scott rarely shoots — 0.32 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Claudio Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Brad Scott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.82 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2352.48/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3273.52/min · norm 3.25
2843.00/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4014.31/min · norm 3.20
42.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 47.4%
46.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.32/15 · norm 0.32

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

Claudio Silva

Distance 81.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)

Brad Scott

Distance 90.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Claudio Silva

Head 69.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)

Brad Scott

Head 74.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (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/AAccWelterweight med Scott L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 168 / 453 37.1% 38.6% 267 / 710 37.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 67.8% 47 / 63 74.6% 70.3%
On the ground 56 / 86 65.1% 67.2% 13 / 14 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 129 / 390 33.1% 37.2% 200 / 587 34.1% 38.9%
To the body 50 / 97 51.5% 70.7% 74 / 133 55.6% 71.7%
To the legs 56 / 72 77.8% 82.9% 53 / 67 79.1% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 accWelterweight med vs Scott L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 428 48.8% 39.0% 303 / 800 37.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 32 / 41 78.0% 68.9% 47 / 65 72.3% 70.9%
On the ground 43 / 57 75.4% 68.0% 51 / 73 69.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 205 / 432 47.5% 35.6% 258 / 736 35.1% 37.9%
To the body 60 / 74 81.1% 69.6% 83 / 129 64.3% 71.3%
To the legs 19 / 20 too few to rate 82.1% 60 / 73 82.2% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1826.9% acc · 2.85/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
215.4% acc · 0.32/15 · norm 1.42
444.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2163.6% def · norm 63.1%
32:0033.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
16:2017.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
18:422:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
11:251:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
71.11/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.65/15 · 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.