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Gabriel Silva vs.
Ray Borg

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
7-5-0 Ray Borg · 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
7-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
33
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
71"
ReachΔ 8"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
77.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.4 mo
74.8
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL
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.

Ray Borg hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Ray Borg owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Gabriel Silva is a submission threat — 0.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 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

Ray Borg

Full career not yet synced for Ray Borg — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 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
2631.52/min · norm 3.49
1043.47/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3341.93/min · norm 3.24
34.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
52.2%norm 44.6%
45.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
48.3%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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%)

Ray Borg

Distance 53.4% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 17.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 29.2% (norm 7.3%)

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%)

Ray Borg

Head 79.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 9.3%)

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 Borg L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 101 32.7% 39.0% 90 / 269 33.5% 40.0%
In the clinch 3 / 7 too few to rate 68.7% 61 / 88 69.3% 70.4%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.2% 112 / 147 76.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 99 29.3% 34.9% 188 / 402 46.8% 37.6%
To the body 6 / 10 too few to rate 66.8% 67 / 89 75.3% 68.5%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 79.4% 8 / 13 too few to rate 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Borg L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 134 46.3% 39.3% 164 / 446 36.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 70.4% 86 / 108 79.6% 68.8%
On the ground 27 / 38 71.1% 72.4% 84 / 92 91.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 159 49.1% 34.9% 167 / 438 38.1% 35.2%
To the body 15 / 21 too few to rate 66.0% 125 / 158 79.1% 68.2%
To the legs 11 / 11 too few to rate 79.1% 42 / 50 84.0% 80.3%
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
4550.0% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.30
538.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2146.7% def · norm 62.5%
6:5423.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
78:4045.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
14:237:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
53:234:36 per 15 · norm 2:44
10.50/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
121.04/15 · norm 0.58

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

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