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Erick Silva vs. Carlo Prater

UFC 7-8-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-8-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
106.1
Layoff (months)Δ 62.4 mo
168.5
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Carlo Prater is a submission threat — 1.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Erick Silva is a submission threat — 1.41 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Carlo Prater rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Erick Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 710
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Carlo Prater

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3221

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.17 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 61 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2652.50/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
692.26/min · norm 3.44
4434.18/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1294.23/min · norm 3.38
48.7%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
49.3%norm 43.65%
49.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
35.5%norm 56.3%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Erick Silva

Distance 75.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 15.8% (norm 8.1%)

Carlo Prater

Distance 57.9% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 41.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Erick Silva

Head 69.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 21.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.0%)

Carlo Prater

Head 42.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 39.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 17.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccWelterweight med Prater L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 170 / 408 41.7% 38.5% 30 / 81 37.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 33 / 50 66.0% 67.8% 39 / 58 67.2% 67.5%
On the ground 62 / 86 72.1% 67.0% 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 146 / 378 38.6% 36.4% 14 / 60 23.3% 35.1%
To the body 77 / 116 66.4% 70.7% 32 / 55 58.2% 69.1%
To the legs 42 / 50 84.0% 83.0% 23 / 25 92.0% 81.8%

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: 180 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Prater L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 213 / 521 40.9% 39.1% 45 / 102 44.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 75 / 116 64.7% 68.9% 66 / 76 86.8% 68.6%
On the ground 155 / 243 63.8% 68.0% 18 / 22 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 355 / 757 46.9% 35.6% 47 / 107 43.9% 35.2%
To the body 56 / 84 66.7% 69.6% 37 / 43 86.0% 68.2%
To the legs 32 / 39 82.1% 82.2% 45 / 50 90.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
635.3% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
2956.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
857.1% def · norm 63.7%
16:4015.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:479.1% of cage time · norm 18.95%
34:404:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
15:277:36 per 15 · norm 2:50
101.41/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
41.97/15 · norm 0.48

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