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Rose Namajunas vs. Natalia Silva

UFC 12-7-0 vs. 9-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-7-0
UFC record
9-0-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
34
AgeΔ 5 yrs
29
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
65"
ReachΔ 0"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
8.8
Layoff (months)Δ 8.2 mo
0.6
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

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.
Rose Namajunas hunts takedowns — 1.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Rose Namajunas defends head shots well — opponents land just 25%, vs a 36% Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rose Namajunas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 127
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10403.50/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
6114.72/min · norm 3.93
10043.38/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3442.66/min · norm 3.84
41.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
46.1%norm 45.5%
63.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
63.3%norm 56.1%
60.30/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
30.35/15 · norm 0.10

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

Rose Namajunas

Distance 90.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

Natalia Silva

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

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

Rose Namajunas

Head 83.2% (norm 76.6%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 9.1%)

Natalia Silva

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Namajunas L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Silva L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 871 / 2290 38.0% 38.3% 567 / 1266 44.8% 40.3%
In the clinch 71 / 107 66.4% 72.6% 27 / 32 84.4% 73.9%
On the ground 98 / 133 73.7% 75.0% 17 / 27 63.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 744 / 2105 35.3% 35.4% 353 / 980 36.0% 36.0%
To the body 195 / 300 65.0% 69.3% 135 / 203 66.5% 69.5%
To the legs 101 / 125 80.8% 77.9% 123 / 142 86.6% 82.3%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 47 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 Namajunas L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 836 / 2511 33.3% 39.7% 319 / 903 35.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 115 / 175 65.7% 71.2% 24 / 33 72.7% 73.8%
On the ground 53 / 78 67.9% 74.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 510 / 2078 24.5% 36.0% 175 / 649 27.0% 35.0%
To the body 216 / 344 62.8% 68.7% 77 / 145 53.1% 69.0%
To the legs 278 / 342 81.3% 79.1% 92 / 143 64.3% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2948.3% acc · 1.47/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
640.0% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 0.94
4162.1% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2890.3% def · norm 61.1%
58:3619.7% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
10:167.9% of cage time · norm 18.7%
29:461:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
22:132:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.35/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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