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Court McGee vs. Claudio Silva

UFC 11-14-0 vs. 5-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-14-0
UFC record
5-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
41
AgeΔ 3 yrs
44
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 50.3 mo
50.9
LLWLL
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 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Claudio Silva hunts takedowns — 2.85 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Court McGee outworks the Welterweight division — 4.62 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Court McGee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1113
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14624.62/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2352.48/min · norm 3.17
12293.88/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2843.00/min · norm 3.08
36.8%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
42.0%norm 44.75%
60.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.0%norm 55.25%
30.14/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Court McGee

Distance 91.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.1% (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)

Court McGee

Head 72.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (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 McGee L/AAccWelterweight med Silva L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1246 / 3641 34.2% 38.5% 168 / 453 37.1% 38.5%
In the clinch 93 / 169 55.0% 67.8% 11 / 20 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 123 / 163 75.5% 67.0% 56 / 86 65.1% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 772 / 2897 26.6% 36.4% 129 / 390 33.1% 36.4%
To the body 329 / 622 52.9% 70.7% 50 / 97 51.5% 70.7%
To the legs 361 / 454 79.5% 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 McGee L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1081 / 2847 38.0% 39.1% 209 / 428 48.8% 39.1%
In the clinch 122 / 195 62.6% 68.9% 32 / 41 78.0% 68.9%
On the ground 26 / 42 61.9% 68.0% 43 / 57 75.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 882 / 2585 34.1% 35.6% 205 / 432 47.5% 35.6%
To the body 227 / 356 63.8% 69.6% 60 / 74 81.1% 69.6%
To the legs 120 / 143 83.9% 82.2% 19 / 20 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3623.7% acc · 1.70/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1826.9% acc · 2.85/15 · norm 1.31
3470.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
444.4% def · norm 63.9%
73:3323.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
32:0033.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:420:44 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
18:422:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
90.43/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
71.11/15 · norm 0.44

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