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Shara Magomedov vs. Bruno Silva

UFC 6-1-0 vs. 4-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-1-0
UFC record
4-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
32
AgeΔ 5 yrs
37
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 13.5 mo
17.3
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shara Magomedov rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Shara Magomedov outworks the Middleweight division — 5.55 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Bruno Silva absorbs 5.35 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shara Magomedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.66 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Bruno Silva

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5405.55/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
3763.86/min · norm 3.23
3523.62/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5215.35/min · norm 3.20
62.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 47.4%
45.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
42.0%norm 53.8%
20.31/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.31/15 · norm 0.32

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

Shara Magomedov

Distance 83.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 11.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.0%)

Bruno Silva

Distance 82.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.0%)

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

Shara Magomedov

Head 54.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 24.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 8.4%)

Bruno Silva

Head 83.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Magomedov L/AAccMiddleweight med Silva L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 431 / 717 60.1% 40.5% 274 / 643 42.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 77 / 102 75.5% 70.6% 44 / 63 69.8% 70.6%
On the ground 32 / 41 78.0% 69.4% 58 / 77 75.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 226 / 472 47.9% 38.8% 284 / 650 43.7% 38.8%
To the body 168 / 211 79.6% 71.6% 58 / 89 65.2% 71.6%
To the legs 146 / 177 82.5% 83.3% 34 / 44 77.3% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Magomedov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 540 50.4% 39.5% 375 / 705 53.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 39 / 46 84.8% 70.4% 76 / 98 77.6% 70.4%
On the ground 41 / 59 69.5% 69.0% 70 / 95 73.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 429 45.2% 37.9% 311 / 647 48.1% 37.9%
To the body 74 / 105 70.5% 71.3% 130 / 163 79.8% 71.3%
To the legs 84 / 111 75.7% 82.1% 80 / 88 90.9% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.35
2273.3% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3574.5% def · norm 63.3%
2:492.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
12:0712.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
23:503:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
26:304:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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