Tiago dos Santos e Silva vs.
Akbarh Arreola
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.
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
Akbarh Arreola
Full career not yet synced for Akbarh Arreola — 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 +1.0 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)
Tiago dos Santos e Silva
Distance 85.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)
Akbarh Arreola
Distance 81.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Tiago dos Santos e Silva
Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 7.8%)
Akbarh Arreola
Head 70.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.9%)
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 | Featherweight med | Arreola L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 137 / 426 | 32.2% | 40.9% | 70 / 174 | 40.2% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 39 / 69 | 56.5% | 70.8% | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 23 / 33 | 69.7% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 79 / 351 | 22.5% | 37.2% | 51 / 150 | 34.0% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 42 / 76 | 55.3% | 68.2% | 26 / 37 | 70.3% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 56 / 70 | 80.0% | 80.7% | 20 / 27 | 74.1% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 | Featherweight med | vs Arreola L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 140 / 413 | 33.9% | 39.2% | 69 / 229 | 30.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 33 | 72.7% | 70.3% | 31 / 45 | 68.9% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 39 / 56 | 69.6% | 69.4% | 68 / 116 | 58.6% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 146 / 427 | 34.2% | 35.9% | 104 / 299 | 34.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 44 / 56 | 78.6% | 67.9% | 18 / 34 | 52.9% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 46 / 57 | 80.7% | 81.5% |
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.