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Gabriel Silva vs.
Kyler Phillips

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

0-2-0 Gabriel Silva · UFC
6-4-0 Kyler Phillips · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31.9
AgeΔ 0.7 yrs
31.2
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
77.2
Layoff (months)Δ 73.6 mo
3.6
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Kyler Phillips hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Gabriel Silva is a submission threat — 0.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Gabriel Silva's takedown defense leaks — 38% stopped, vs a 67% Bantamweight 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.

Gabriel Silva

Full career not yet synced for Gabriel Silva — 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

Kyler Phillips

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.27 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

391.30/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6434.68/min · norm 3.52
1043.47/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
5283.84/min · norm 3.58
34.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 43.4%
45.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.22/15 · norm 0.30

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

Gabriel Silva

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 6.5%)

Kyler Phillips

Distance 88.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Gabriel Silva

Head 87.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Kyler Phillips

Head 81.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccBantamweight med Phillips L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 101 32.7% 39.0% 519 / 1324 39.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 3 / 7 too few to rate 68.7% 38 / 54 70.4% 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.2% 86 / 121 71.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 99 29.3% 34.9% 434 / 1226 35.4% 34.9%
To the body 6 / 10 too few to rate 66.8% 118 / 169 69.8% 66.8%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 79.4% 91 / 104 87.5% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 accBantamweight med vs Phillips L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 134 46.3% 39.3% 461 / 1187 38.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 70.4% 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4%
On the ground 27 / 38 71.1% 72.4% 20 / 34 58.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 159 49.1% 34.9% 307 / 975 31.5% 34.9%
To the body 15 / 21 too few to rate 66.0% 146 / 223 65.5% 66.0%
To the legs 11 / 11 too few to rate 79.1% 75 / 89 84.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

325.0% acc · 1.50/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2647.3% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.12
538.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 66.7%
6:5423.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
28:2120.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
14:237:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
13:451:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.50/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.33/15 · norm 0.28

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

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