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Joaquim Silva vs. Ricky Glenn

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 4-6-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
4-6-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37
AgeΔ 0 yrs
37
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
13.2
Layoff (months)Δ 12.9 mo
26.1
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLDW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joaquim Silva carries real power — 0.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Joaquim Silva rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Ricky Glenn rarely shoots — 0.72 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joaquim Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Ricky Glenn

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 183

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4493.43/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
4733.79/min · norm 3.44
5464.17/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5374.30/min · norm 3.38
43.1%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 43.65%
53.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 56.3%
40.46/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.36/15 · norm 0.25

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

Joaquim Silva

Distance 84.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 8.0%)

Ricky Glenn

Distance 74.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Joaquim Silva

Head 77.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Ricky Glenn

Head 74.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccLightweight med Glenn L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 878 39.0% 38.3% 273 / 819 33.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 73 / 100 73.0% 67.5% 76 / 109 69.7% 67.5%
On the ground 34 / 64 53.1% 68.8% 124 / 177 70.1% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 263 / 802 32.8% 35.1% 292 / 823 35.5% 35.1%
To the body 129 / 179 72.1% 69.1% 119 / 195 61.0% 69.1%
To the legs 57 / 61 93.4% 81.8% 62 / 87 71.3% 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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 accLightweight med vs Glenn L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 392 / 999 39.2% 38.8% 381 / 886 43.0% 38.8%
In the clinch 78 / 98 79.6% 68.6% 86 / 117 73.5% 68.6%
On the ground 76 / 87 87.4% 68.0% 70 / 97 72.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 372 / 940 39.6% 35.2% 387 / 902 42.9% 35.2%
To the body 111 / 163 68.1% 68.2% 124 / 167 74.3% 68.2%
To the legs 63 / 81 77.8% 81.5% 26 / 31 83.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
613.3% acc · 0.72/15 · norm 1.34
4870.6% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
3469.4% def · norm 63.7%
7:375.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
23:3818.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
38:114:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
28:133:23 per 15 · norm 2:50
70.80/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
30.36/15 · norm 0.48

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