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Natalia Silva vs. Jessica Andrade

UFC 9-0-0 vs. 17-13-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-0-0
UFC record
17-13-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
29
AgeΔ 6 yrs
35
5'4"
HeightΔ 3"
5'1"
65"
ReachΔ 3"
62"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 13.5 mo
14.1
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Natalia Silva carries real power — 0.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Jessica Andrade hunts takedowns — 2.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Jessica Andrade outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 6.37 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Natalia Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 80
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Jessica Andrade

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1713
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6114.72/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
18246.37/min · norm 3.77
3442.66/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
15975.58/min · norm 4.00
46.1%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 44.5%
63.3%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
54.2%norm 54.4%
30.35/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
70.37/15 · norm 0.00

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

Natalia Silva

Distance 95.5% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 4.5%)

Jessica Andrade

Distance 79.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 13.3% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Natalia Silva

Head 74.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 15.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 7.6%)

Jessica Andrade

Head 76.4% (norm 76.6%) · Body 15.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Andrade L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 567 / 1266 44.8% 40.3% 1318 / 2995 44.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 27 / 32 84.4% 73.9% 308 / 497 62.0% 72.6%
On the ground 17 / 27 63.0% 74.4% 198 / 255 77.6% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 353 / 980 36.0% 36.0% 1147 / 2863 40.1% 35.4%
To the body 135 / 203 66.5% 69.5% 406 / 570 71.2% 69.3%
To the legs 123 / 142 86.6% 82.3% 271 / 314 86.3% 77.9%

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 Flyweight: 47 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 accWomen's Flyweight med vs Andrade L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 319 / 903 35.3% 39.0% 1260 / 2987 42.2% 39.7%
In the clinch 24 / 33 72.7% 73.8% 241 / 355 67.9% 71.2%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 73.4% 96 / 142 67.6% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 649 27.0% 35.0% 1094 / 2853 38.3% 36.0%
To the body 77 / 145 53.1% 69.0% 287 / 401 71.6% 68.7%
To the legs 92 / 143 64.3% 78.7% 216 / 230 93.9% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
640.0% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
4054.1% acc · 2.10/15 · norm 1.10
2890.3% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
6975.0% def · norm 64.1%
10:167.9% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
64:3422.6% of cage time · norm 19.0%
22:132:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
27:521:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
60.31/15 · norm 0.29

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