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Erick Silva vs. Jason High

UFC 7-8-0 vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-8-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
106.1
Layoff (months)Δ 42.3 mo
148.4
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jason High is a submission threat — 3.26 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Erick Silva is a submission threat — 1.41 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Jason High hunts takedowns — 2.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight 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

Jason High

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 3 — regional circuit 203

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2652.50/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
421.01/min · norm 3.17
4434.18/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
771.86/min · norm 3.08
48.7%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
35.3%norm 44.75%
49.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
45.8%norm 55.25%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Jason High

Distance 79.8% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Jason High

Head 84.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.4% (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 High L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 170 / 408 41.7% 38.5% 29 / 95 30.5% 38.5%
In the clinch 33 / 50 66.0% 67.8% 8 / 13 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 62 / 86 72.1% 67.0% 5 / 11 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 146 / 378 38.6% 36.4% 34 / 100 34.0% 36.4%
To the body 77 / 116 66.4% 70.7% 7 / 15 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 42 / 50 84.0% 83.0% 1 / 4 too few to rate 83.0%

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 · Welterweight: 180 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 High L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 213 / 521 40.9% 39.1% 34 / 91 37.4% 39.1%
In the clinch 75 / 116 64.7% 68.9% 4 / 6 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 155 / 243 63.8% 68.0% 39 / 45 86.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 355 / 757 46.9% 35.6% 43 / 101 42.6% 35.6%
To the body 56 / 84 66.7% 69.6% 30 / 35 85.7% 69.6%
To the legs 32 / 39 82.1% 82.2% 4 / 6 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
635.3% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
880.0% acc · 2.89/15 · norm 1.31
2956.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
433.3% def · norm 63.9%
16:4015.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:2037.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
34:404:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
16:195:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
101.41/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
93.26/15 · norm 0.44

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