Danny Silva vs.
Kevin Vallejos
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 Silva
Full career not yet synced for Danny Silva — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Kevin Vallejos
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.67 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Danny Silva
Distance 95.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 6.5%)
Kevin Vallejos
Distance 84.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Danny Silva
Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.8%)
Kevin Vallejos
Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Silva L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Vallejos L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 204 / 422 | 48.3% | 40.9% | 121 / 290 | 41.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 20 / 28 | 71.4% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 19 / 25 | 76.0% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 135 / 339 | 39.8% | 37.2% | 108 / 269 | 40.1% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 41 / 58 | 70.7% | 68.2% | 36 / 54 | 66.7% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 36 / 43 | 83.7% | 80.7% | 16 / 20 | too few to rate | 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 Silva L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Vallejos L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 255 / 694 | 36.7% | 39.2% | 99 / 238 | 41.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 180 / 584 | 30.8% | 35.9% | 59 / 176 | 33.5% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 63 / 98 | 64.3% | 67.9% | 24 / 36 | 66.7% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 25 / 30 | 83.3% | 81.5% | 17 / 30 | 56.7% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Silva has more cage time on record.