Thiago Silva vs.
Tomasz Drwal
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.
Thiago Silva
Full career not yet synced for Thiago Silva — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500
Tomasz Drwal
Full career not yet synced for Tomasz Drwal — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 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)
Thiago Silva
Distance 67.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 17.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 10.4%)
Tomasz Drwal
Distance 67.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Thiago Silva
Head 71.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 9.7%)
Tomasz Drwal
Head 89.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Silva L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Drwal L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 240 / 569 | 42.2% | 41.4% | 68 / 220 | 30.9% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 89 / 147 | 60.5% | 70.9% | 33 / 70 | 47.1% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 83 / 133 | 62.4% | 72.3% | 24 / 38 | 63.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 229 / 604 | 37.9% | 38.9% | 97 / 294 | 33.0% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 79 / 114 | 69.3% | 71.9% | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 104 / 131 | 79.4% | 81.8% | 18 / 20 | too few to rate | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Drwal L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 227 / 784 | 29.0% | 40.4% | 54 / 145 | 37.2% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 54 / 98 | 55.1% | 68.7% | 26 / 46 | 56.5% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 18 / 31 | 58.1% | 70.4% | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 182 / 759 | 24.0% | 37.5% | 56 / 153 | 36.6% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 44 / 66 | 66.7% | 72.3% | 19 / 25 | 76.0% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 73 / 88 | 83.0% | 83.0% | 11 / 22 | 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 — Silva has more cage time on record.