Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Wanderlei Silva
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 27 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 48 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500
Chris Leben
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 16 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Wanderlei Silva
Distance 84.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 10.6%)
Chris Leben
Distance 63.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 22.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Wanderlei Silva
Head 85.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 5.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 9.7%)
Chris Leben
Head 74.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.6% (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 | Light Heavyweight med | Leben L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 229 / 812 | 28.2% | 41.5% | 284 / 842 | 33.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 65 / 105 | 61.9% | 70.8% | 162 / 299 | 54.2% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 31 / 49 | 63.3% | 72.9% | 126 / 192 | 65.6% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 228 / 828 | 27.5% | 39.2% | 345 / 987 | 35.0% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 43 / 57 | 75.4% | 72.0% | 95 / 152 | 62.5% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 54 / 81 | 66.7% | 82.1% | 132 / 194 | 68.0% | 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: 94 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 | Light Heavyweight med | vs Leben L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 329 / 933 | 35.3% | 40.6% | 326 / 791 | 41.2% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 31 / 57 | 54.4% | 68.8% | 142 / 239 | 59.4% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 31 / 60 | 51.7% | 70.4% | 99 / 178 | 55.6% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 282 / 906 | 31.1% | 37.7% | 396 / 979 | 40.4% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 68 / 93 | 73.1% | 72.9% | 115 / 154 | 74.7% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 41 / 51 | 80.4% | 83.1% | 56 / 75 | 74.7% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Leben has more cage time on record.