Claudio Silva vs. Danny Roberts

UFC 5-3-0 vs. 7-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-0
UFC record
7-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43
AgeΔ 4 yrs
39
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
48.5
Layoff (months)Δ 12 mo
36.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

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.
Danny Roberts rarely shoots — 0.24 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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

Danny Roberts

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 78
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2352.48/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4053.18/min · norm 3.17
2843.00/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4743.72/min · norm 3.06
42.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 44.9%
46.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.35/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Danny Roberts

Distance 80.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Danny Roberts

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.6% (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 Roberts L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 168 / 453 37.1% 38.6% 262 / 823 31.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 67.8% 82 / 118 69.5% 67.8%
On the ground 56 / 86 65.1% 67.2% 61 / 83 73.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 129 / 390 33.1% 37.2% 233 / 800 29.1% 37.2%
To the body 50 / 97 51.5% 70.7% 106 / 146 72.6% 70.7%
To the legs 56 / 72 77.8% 82.9% 66 / 78 84.6% 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 Silva L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Roberts L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 428 48.8% 39.0% 315 / 731 43.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 41 78.0% 68.9% 105 / 159 66.0% 68.9%
On the ground 43 / 57 75.4% 68.0% 54 / 77 70.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 205 / 432 47.5% 35.6% 336 / 774 43.4% 35.6%
To the body 60 / 74 81.1% 69.6% 92 / 137 67.2% 69.6%
To the legs 19 / 20 too few to rate 82.1% 46 / 56 82.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1826.9% acc · 2.85/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
29.5% acc · 0.24/15 · norm 1.27
444.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2357.5% def · norm 63.9%
32:0033.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
19:1015.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:422:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
34:184:02 per 15 · norm 3:15
71.11/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.24/15 · norm 0.45

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