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Clay Collard vs.
Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-3-0 Clay Collard · UFC
2-2-0 Tiago dos Santos e Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33.4
AgeΔ 5.9 yrs
39.3
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
131
Layoff (months)Δ 15.1 mo
115.9
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
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.

Clay Collard hunts takedowns — 2.81 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Clay Collard carries real power — 0.51 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Tiago dos Santos e Silva rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Clay Collard

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2484.22/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1773.69/min · norm 3.54
2945.00/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2034.23/min · norm 3.47
32.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 45.0%
50.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 54.85%
20.51/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Clay Collard

Distance 86.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 6.5%)

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Distance 85.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Clay Collard

Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.8%)

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Collard L/AAccFeatherweight med Silva L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 669 27.5% 40.9% 137 / 426 32.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 39 / 56 69.6% 70.8% 39 / 69 56.5% 70.8%
On the ground 25 / 45 55.6% 69.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 604 24.3% 37.2% 79 / 351 22.5% 37.2%
To the body 51 / 95 53.7% 68.2% 42 / 76 55.3% 68.2%
To the legs 50 / 71 70.4% 80.7% 56 / 70 80.0% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Collard L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 206 / 474 43.5% 39.2% 140 / 413 33.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3% 24 / 33 72.7% 70.3%
On the ground 46 / 51 90.2% 69.4% 39 / 56 69.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 166 / 426 39.0% 35.9% 146 / 427 34.2% 35.9%
To the body 94 / 129 72.9% 67.9% 44 / 56 78.6% 67.9%
To the legs 34 / 41 82.9% 81.5% 13 / 19 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1139.3% acc · 2.81/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
211.1% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
571.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
233.3% def · norm 61.5%
11:2319.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
10:2121.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:302:10 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
4:241:22 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.51/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.31/15 · norm 0.46

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

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