Ricardo Abreu vs.
Wagner 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.
Ricardo Abreu
Full career not yet synced for Ricardo Abreu — 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
Wagner Silva
Full career not yet synced for Wagner Silva — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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)
Ricardo Abreu
Distance 85.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.3%)
Wagner Silva
Distance 97.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ricardo Abreu
Head 90.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)
Wagner Silva
Head 76.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Abreu L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Silva L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 58 / 216 | 26.9% | 40.5% | 30 / 108 | 27.8% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 9 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 65 / 229 | 28.4% | 38.9% | 14 / 85 | 16.5% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 5 / 9 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 13 / 14 | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Abreu L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Silva L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 78 / 244 | 32.0% | 39.5% | 33 / 130 | 25.4% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 9 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 42 / 198 | 21.2% | 37.9% | 40 / 137 | 29.2% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 20 / 34 | 58.8% | 71.3% | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 82.1% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 — Abreu has more cage time on record.