Lewis Gonzalez 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.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
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
Leandro Silva
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 27 | 7 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 44 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Lewis Gonzalez
Distance 62.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 23.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.3% (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)
Lewis Gonzalez
Head 71.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.7% (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 | Gonzalez L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Silva L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 8 / 35 | 22.9% | 38.6% | 210 / 454 | 46.3% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 29 / 38 | 76.3% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 10 / 40 | 25.0% | 37.2% | 122 / 326 | 37.4% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 64 / 105 | 61.0% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 5 / 6 | 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 Gonzalez L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Silva L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 22 / 41 | 53.7% | 39.0% | 145 / 463 | 31.3% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 29 / 56 | 51.8% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 38 / 54 | 70.4% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 15 / 29 | 51.7% | 35.6% | 111 / 417 | 26.6% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 8 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 48 / 78 | 61.5% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 53 / 78 | 67.9% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Silva has more cage time on record.