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Danny Roberts vs.
Claudio Silva

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

7-7-0 Danny Roberts · UFC
5-3-0 Claudio Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-7-0
UFC record
5-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39.1
AgeΔ 4.8 yrs
43.9
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
36.5
Layoff (months)Δ 12 mo
48.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

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

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.

Danny Roberts

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

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

Claudio Silva

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Danny Roberts

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

Claudio Silva

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

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

Danny Roberts

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Claudio Silva

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

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

The ground war.

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

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

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