Elias Silverio vs.
Joao Zeferino
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.
Elias Silverio
Full career not yet synced for Elias Silverio — 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 +0.4 wins over .500
Joao Zeferino
Full career not yet synced for Joao Zeferino — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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)
Elias Silverio
Distance 78.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.0% (norm 8.0%)
Joao Zeferino
Distance 91.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Elias Silverio
Head 62.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 22.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 7.9%)
Joao Zeferino
Head 79.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Silverio L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Zeferino L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 188 / 431 | 43.6% | 37.9% | 20 / 62 | 32.3% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 51 / 67 | 76.1% | 67.3% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 34 / 49 | 69.4% | 69.1% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 131 / 344 | 38.1% | 35.0% | 18 / 54 | 33.3% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 84 / 125 | 67.2% | 69.1% | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 58 / 78 | 74.4% | 81.9% | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Silverio L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Zeferino L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 163 / 378 | 43.1% | 38.9% | 32 / 89 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 45 | 71.1% | 68.6% | 20 / 24 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 26 / 33 | 78.8% | 68.0% | 26 / 38 | 68.4% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 126 / 327 | 38.5% | 35.1% | 35 / 86 | 40.7% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 42 / 69 | 60.9% | 68.1% | 29 / 39 | 74.4% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 53 / 60 | 88.3% | 81.5% | 14 / 26 | 53.8% | 82.1% |
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 — Silverio has more cage time on record.