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Mike de la Torre vs.
Tiago dos Santos e Silva

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

2-4-0 (1 NC) Mike de la Torre · UFC
2-2-0 Tiago dos Santos e Silva · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39.9
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
39.3
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
111.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4 mo
115.9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
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.

Mike de la Torre rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Tiago dos Santos e Silva rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Tiago dos Santos e Silva's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight 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.

Mike de la Torre

Full career not yet synced for Mike de la Torre — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Full career not yet synced for Tiago dos Santos e Silva — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1333.21/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1773.69/min · norm 3.54
1974.75/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2034.23/min · norm 3.47
39.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 45.0%
51.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 54.85%
10.36/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Mike de la Torre

Distance 80.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.5%)

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Distance 85.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Mike de la Torre

Head 90.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 7.8%)

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Torre L/AAccFeatherweight med Silva L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 81 / 272 29.8% 40.9% 137 / 426 32.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 37 / 50 74.0% 70.8% 39 / 69 56.5% 70.8%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 105 / 305 34.4% 37.2% 79 / 351 22.5% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 31 80.6% 68.2% 42 / 76 55.3% 68.2%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 80.7% 56 / 70 80.0% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Torre L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 255 32.2% 39.2% 140 / 413 33.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 80 / 103 77.7% 70.3% 24 / 33 72.7% 70.3%
On the ground 35 / 49 71.4% 69.4% 39 / 56 69.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 321 42.7% 35.9% 146 / 427 34.2% 35.9%
To the body 48 / 72 66.7% 67.9% 44 / 56 78.6% 67.9%
To the legs 12 / 14 too few to rate 81.5% 13 / 19 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

116.7% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
211.1% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
3583.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
233.3% def · norm 61.5%
5:4814.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
10:2121.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
18:346:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
4:241:22 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.31/15 · norm 0.46

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

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