Wagner Silva vs. Ricardo Abreu
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Wagner Silva
Full career not yet synced for Wagner Silva — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Ricardo Abreu
Full career not yet synced for Ricardo Abreu — 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
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Wagner Silva
Distance 97.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 8.1%)
Ricardo Abreu
Distance 85.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Wagner Silva
Head 76.6% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 8.0%)
Ricardo Abreu
Head 90.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Silva L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Abreu L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 30 / 108 | 27.8% | 38.5% | 58 / 216 | 26.9% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 13 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 67.0% | 9 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 14 / 85 | 16.5% | 36.4% | 65 / 229 | 28.4% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 13 / 14 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 5 / 9 | 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Silva L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Abreu L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 33 / 130 | 25.4% | 39.1% | 78 / 244 | 32.0% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 6 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 40 / 137 | 29.2% | 35.6% | 42 / 198 | 21.2% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 20 / 34 | 58.8% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.2% | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Silva has more cage time on record.