Danny Silva vs.
Lucas Almeida
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
Lucas Almeida
Full career not yet synced for Lucas Almeida — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 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%)
Lucas Almeida
Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.3% (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%)
Lucas Almeida
Head 74.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.2% (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 | Almeida L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 204 / 422 | 48.3% | 40.9% | 212 / 599 | 35.4% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 135 / 339 | 39.8% | 37.2% | 128 / 478 | 26.8% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 41 / 58 | 70.7% | 68.2% | 45 / 76 | 59.2% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 36 / 43 | 83.7% | 80.7% | 67 / 84 | 79.8% | 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 Almeida L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 255 / 694 | 36.7% | 39.2% | 183 / 348 | 52.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 62 / 85 | 72.9% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 180 / 584 | 30.8% | 35.9% | 168 / 342 | 49.1% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 63 / 98 | 64.3% | 67.9% | 44 / 57 | 77.2% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 25 / 30 | 83.3% | 81.5% | 37 / 41 | 90.2% | 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 — Almeida has more cage time on record.