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Michelle Montague vs.
Mayra Bueno Silva

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

2-0-0 Michelle Montague · UFC
5-7-1 (1 NC) Mayra Bueno Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-0-0
UFC record
5-7-1 (1 NC)
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
32.7
AgeΔ 2.3 yrs
35
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
3.4
WW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
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.

Michelle Montague hunts takedowns — 3.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Mayra Bueno Silva is a submission threat — 1.21 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Michelle Montague owns the mat — in control 70% of cage time, vs a 27% Women's Bantamweight 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.

Michelle Montague

Full career not yet synced for Michelle Montague — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Mayra Bueno Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

832.77/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
5683.53/min · norm 3.56
742.47/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
7614.73/min · norm 3.51
48.5%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
56.9%norm 46.65%
41.7%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Michelle Montague

Distance 55.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 43.9% (norm 7.5%)

Mayra Bueno Silva

Distance 78.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 7.5%)

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

Michelle Montague

Head 91.8% (norm 75.2%) · Body 7.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 8.8%)

Mayra Bueno Silva

Head 61.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 22.5% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Montague L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Silva L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 94 35.1% 38.3% 394 / 787 50.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 73.3% 146 / 171 85.4% 73.3%
On the ground 49 / 75 65.3% 70.8% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 157 47.8% 37.7% 273 / 612 44.6% 37.7%
To the body 7 / 12 too few to rate 70.0% 179 / 225 79.6% 70.0%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 80.9% 116 / 162 71.6% 80.9%

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 (Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Montague L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 68 / 115 59.1% 41.3% 532 / 1281 41.5% 41.3%
In the clinch 4 / 9 too few to rate 74.7% 107 / 136 78.7% 74.7%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 74.2% 122 / 154 79.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 42 / 87 48.3% 38.1% 457 / 1182 38.7% 38.1%
To the body 15 / 18 too few to rate 73.2% 217 / 281 77.2% 73.2%
To the legs 17 / 22 too few to rate 80.9% 87 / 108 80.6% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

753.8% acc · 3.50/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
523.8% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 0.91
0— def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3163.3% def · norm 62.5%
20:5769.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
21:1413.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
1:390:49 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
60:295:38 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
131.21/15 · norm 0.34

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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