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Shane Burgos 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.

8-3-0 Shane Burgos · 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.

8-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35.4
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
39.3
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
48.7
Layoff (months)Δ 67.2 mo
115.9
WWLLW
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.

Shane Burgos carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Shane Burgos outworks the Featherweight division — 7.40 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Tiago dos Santos e Silva rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 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.

Shane Burgos

Full career not yet synced for Shane Burgos — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 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

10407.40/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1773.69/min · norm 3.54
9526.78/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2034.23/min · norm 3.47
52.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 45.0%
56.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 54.85%
60.64/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Shane Burgos

Distance 88.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.6% (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)

Shane Burgos

Head 76.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (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 Burgos L/AAccFeatherweight med Silva L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 854 / 1754 48.7% 40.9% 137 / 426 32.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 106 / 130 81.5% 70.8% 39 / 69 56.5% 70.8%
On the ground 80 / 100 80.0% 69.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 664 / 1518 43.7% 37.2% 79 / 351 22.5% 37.2%
To the body 199 / 271 73.4% 68.2% 42 / 76 55.3% 68.2%
To the legs 177 / 195 90.8% 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 Burgos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 835 / 2014 41.5% 39.2% 140 / 413 33.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 83 / 121 68.6% 70.3% 24 / 33 72.7% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 46 73.9% 69.4% 39 / 56 69.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 643 / 1748 36.8% 35.9% 146 / 427 34.2% 35.9%
To the body 145 / 219 66.2% 67.9% 44 / 56 78.6% 67.9%
To the legs 164 / 214 76.6% 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.

444.4% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
211.1% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
6591.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
233.3% def · norm 61.5%
14:5910.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
10:2121.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
16:141:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
4:241:22 per 15 · norm 3:12
40.43/15 · 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 — Burgos has more cage time on record.

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