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Ildemar Alcantara vs.
Leandro Silva

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

4-3-0 Ildemar Alcantara · UFC
3-4-0 (1 NC) Leandro Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
3-4-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43.7
AgeΔ 3 yrs
40.7
6'2"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
78"
ReachΔ 6"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
132.7
Layoff (months)Δ 13.6 mo
119.1
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWNC
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.

Ildemar Alcantara is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Ildemar Alcantara hunts takedowns — 2.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Leandro Silva is hard to hit — absorbs 2.08 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight 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.

Ildemar Alcantara

Full career not yet synced for Ildemar Alcantara — 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 -0.6 wins over .500

Leandro Silva

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1881.93/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2442.39/min · norm 3.42
2572.63/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2122.08/min · norm 3.37
38.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.6%norm 43.5%
50.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
63.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Ildemar Alcantara

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.1%)

Leandro Silva

Distance 90.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Ildemar Alcantara

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)

Leandro Silva

Head 64.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alcantara L/AAccWelterweight med Silva L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 406 31.8% 38.6% 210 / 454 46.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 34 / 41 82.9% 67.8% 29 / 38 76.3% 67.3%
On the ground 25 / 39 64.1% 67.2% 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 106 / 381 27.8% 37.2% 122 / 326 37.4% 35.0%
To the body 62 / 83 74.7% 70.7% 64 / 105 61.0% 69.1%
To the legs 20 / 22 too few to rate 82.9% 58 / 71 81.7% 81.9%

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: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Alcantara L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 354 43.5% 39.0% 145 / 463 31.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 26 / 33 78.8% 68.9% 29 / 56 51.8% 68.6%
On the ground 77 / 130 59.2% 68.0% 38 / 54 70.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 377 42.7% 35.6% 111 / 417 26.6% 35.1%
To the body 36 / 70 51.4% 69.6% 48 / 78 61.5% 68.1%
To the legs 60 / 70 85.7% 82.1% 53 / 78 67.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1368.4% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1237.5% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.38
2781.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2565.8% def · norm 64.0%
16:2616.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
19:2119.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
27:184:11 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
27:254:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
60.92/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.44/15 · norm 0.49

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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