Erik Silva vs.
Muhammad Naimov
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.
Erik Silva
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 10 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 32 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Muhammad Naimov
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 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)
Erik Silva
Distance 76.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 17.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 6.5%)
Muhammad Naimov
Distance 79.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Erik Silva
Head 64.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 7.8%)
Muhammad Naimov
Head 76.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.3% (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 | Naimov L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 18 / 30 | 60.0% | 40.9% | 122 / 345 | 35.4% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 29 / 44 | 65.9% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 24 / 43 | 55.8% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 14 / 25 | 56.0% | 37.2% | 104 / 331 | 31.4% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 38 / 61 | 62.3% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 33 / 40 | 82.5% | 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 Naimov L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 17 / 32 | 53.1% | 39.2% | 145 / 297 | 48.8% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 60 / 78 | 76.9% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 21 / 37 | 56.8% | 35.9% | 85 / 224 | 37.9% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 67.9% | 72 / 94 | 76.6% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 58 / 71 | 81.7% | 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 — Naimov has more cage time on record.