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Leandro Silva vs.
Lewis Gonzalez

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

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

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40.7
AgeΔ 1.8 yrs
38.9
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
119.1
Layoff (months)Δ 14.2 mo
133.3
LLWWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Lewis Gonzalez owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Lewis Gonzalez 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.

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

Lewis Gonzalez

Full career not yet synced for Lewis Gonzalez — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2442.39/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
211.40/min · norm 3.17
2122.08/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
281.87/min · norm 3.06
48.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
37.5%norm 44.9%
63.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
41.7%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Leandro Silva

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

Lewis Gonzalez

Distance 62.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 23.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Leandro Silva

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

Lewis Gonzalez

Head 71.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.7% (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/AAccLightweight med Gonzalez L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 210 / 454 46.3% 37.9% 8 / 35 22.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 29 / 38 76.3% 67.3% 8 / 13 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1% 5 / 8 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 326 37.4% 35.0% 10 / 40 25.0% 37.2%
To the body 64 / 105 61.0% 69.1% 6 / 10 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 58 / 71 81.7% 81.9% 5 / 6 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Gonzalez L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 145 / 463 31.3% 38.9% 22 / 41 53.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 29 / 56 51.8% 68.6% 6 / 7 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 38 / 54 70.4% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 417 26.6% 35.1% 15 / 29 51.7% 35.6%
To the body 48 / 78 61.5% 68.1% 8 / 12 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 53 / 78 67.9% 81.5% 5 / 7 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1237.5% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
233.3% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.27
2565.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 63.9%
19:2119.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
4:3931.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
27:254:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:463:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.44/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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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