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Gokhan Saki vs.
Henrique da Silva

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

1-1-0 Gokhan Saki · UFC
2-4-0 Henrique da Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 6 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
97
Layoff (months)Δ 9.4 mo
106.4
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Gokhan Saki carries real power — 4.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Gokhan Saki outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 7.09 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 norm.
Henrique da Silva's takedown defense leaks — 25% stopped, vs a 67% Light Heavyweight 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.

Gokhan Saki

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Henrique da Silva

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

457.09/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
1844.00/min · norm 3.41
294.57/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
2415.24/min · norm 3.35
58.4%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
56.4%norm 48.3%
53.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
42.8%norm 52.9%
24.72/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Gokhan Saki

Distance 98.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

Henrique da Silva

Distance 60.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 26.1% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 13.5% (norm 10.4%)

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

Gokhan Saki

Head 87.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 9.7%)

Henrique da Silva

Head 69.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 23.9% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Saki L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Silva L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 76 57.9% 41.4% 86 / 197 43.7% 41.4%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.9% 63 / 85 74.1% 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3% 35 / 44 79.5% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 37 / 67 55.2% 38.9% 105 / 227 46.3% 38.9%
To the body 2 / 4 too few to rate 71.9% 63 / 78 80.8% 71.9%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 81.8% 16 / 21 too few to rate 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Saki L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 48 31.2% 40.4% 153 / 307 49.8% 40.4%
In the clinch 8 / 8 too few to rate 68.7% 41 / 55 74.5% 68.7%
On the ground 6 / 6 too few to rate 70.4% 47 / 59 79.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 25 / 57 43.9% 37.5% 202 / 375 53.9% 37.5%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 72.3% 30 / 37 81.1% 72.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.0% 9 / 9 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 0.87
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
225.0% def · norm 66.7%
0:082.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
8:3718.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:371:27 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
16:155:17 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.33/15 · norm 0.27

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

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