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Drakkar Klose vs.
Joaquim Silva

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

10-3-0 Drakkar Klose · UFC
7-5-0 Joaquim Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-3-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
38.4
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
37.5
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
11.7
Layoff (months)Δ 1 mo
10.7
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW
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.

Joaquim Silva carries real power — 0.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Joaquim Silva rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Drakkar Klose is accurate with body shots — lands 87%, vs a 69% Lightweight 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.

Drakkar Klose

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 103
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.43 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Joaquim Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 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

6424.25/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4493.43/min · norm 3.42
5523.65/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
5464.17/min · norm 3.37
55.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
43.1%norm 43.5%
49.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
53.9%norm 56.3%
20.20/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.46/15 · norm 0.25

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

Drakkar Klose

Distance 71.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 21.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 8.0%)

Joaquim Silva

Distance 84.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Drakkar Klose

Head 69.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.9%)

Joaquim Silva

Head 77.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Klose L/AAccLightweight med Silva L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 380 / 836 45.5% 37.9% 342 / 878 39.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 210 / 252 83.3% 67.3% 73 / 100 73.0% 67.3%
On the ground 52 / 78 66.7% 69.1% 34 / 64 53.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 340 / 811 41.9% 35.0% 263 / 802 32.8% 35.0%
To the body 180 / 208 86.5% 69.1% 129 / 179 72.1% 69.1%
To the legs 122 / 147 83.0% 81.9% 57 / 61 93.4% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Klose L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 413 / 913 45.2% 38.9% 392 / 999 39.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 120 / 151 79.5% 68.6% 78 / 98 79.6% 68.6%
On the ground 19 / 25 76.0% 68.0% 76 / 87 87.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 249 / 693 35.9% 35.1% 372 / 940 39.6% 35.1%
To the body 179 / 244 73.4% 68.1% 111 / 163 68.1% 68.1%
To the legs 124 / 152 81.6% 81.5% 63 / 81 77.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1526.8% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.38
2769.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4870.6% def · norm 64.0%
35:3023.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:375.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
25:112:30 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
38:114:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
70.80/15 · norm 0.49

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

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