Cole Williams vs. Claudio Silva
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Cole Williams
Full career not yet synced for Cole Williams — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
Claudio Silva
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
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
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Cole Williams
Distance 100.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
Claudio Silva
Distance 81.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Cole Williams
Head 81.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 18.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.0%)
Claudio Silva
Head 69.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Williams L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Silva L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3 / 11 | too few to rate | 38.5% | 168 / 453 | 37.1% | 38.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 11 / 20 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.0% | 56 / 86 | 65.1% | 67.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 3 / 9 | too few to rate | 36.4% | 129 / 390 | 33.1% | 36.4% |
| To the body | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 50 / 97 | 51.5% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 56 / 72 | 77.8% | 83.0% |
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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Williams L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Silva L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 13 / 21 | too few to rate | 39.1% | 209 / 428 | 48.8% | 39.1% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 32 / 41 | 78.0% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 38 / 46 | 82.6% | 68.0% | 43 / 57 | 75.4% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 42 / 57 | 73.7% | 35.6% | 205 / 432 | 47.5% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 60 / 74 | 81.1% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.2% | 19 / 20 | too few to rate | 82.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Silva has more cage time on record.