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Wang Cong vs. Natalia Silva

UFC 5-2-0 vs. 9-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-2-0
UFC record
9-0-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
34
AgeΔ 5 yrs
29
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
66"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Wang Cong carries real power — 0.47 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Natalia Silva carries real power — 0.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Wang Cong rarely shoots — 0.32 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Wang Cong

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.55 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Natalia Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 80
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5766.07/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
6114.72/min · norm 3.93
3063.23/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3442.66/min · norm 3.84
55.8%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
46.1%norm 45.5%
57.1%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
63.3%norm 56.1%
30.47/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
30.35/15 · norm 0.10

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

Wang Cong

Distance 93.3% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 4.5%)

Natalia Silva

Distance 95.5% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 4.5%)

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

Wang Cong

Head 60.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.8% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 21.4% (norm 7.6%)

Natalia Silva

Head 74.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 15.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wang L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Silva L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 521 / 963 54.1% 40.3% 567 / 1266 44.8% 40.3%
In the clinch 39 / 46 84.8% 73.9% 27 / 32 84.4% 73.9%
On the ground 16 / 23 too few to rate 74.4% 17 / 27 63.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 270 / 627 43.1% 36.0% 353 / 980 36.0% 36.0%
To the body 133 / 184 72.3% 69.5% 135 / 203 66.5% 69.5%
To the legs 173 / 221 78.3% 82.3% 123 / 142 86.6% 82.3%

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 (Women's Flyweight: 47 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 47 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 Wang L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 667 41.1% 39.0% 319 / 903 35.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 30 / 39 76.9% 73.8% 24 / 33 72.7% 73.8%
On the ground 2 / 8 too few to rate 73.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 179 / 523 34.2% 35.0% 175 / 649 27.0% 35.0%
To the body 74 / 117 63.2% 69.0% 77 / 145 53.1% 69.0%
To the legs 53 / 74 71.6% 78.7% 92 / 143 64.3% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
266.7% acc · 0.32/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
640.0% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 0.94
2678.8% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
2890.3% def · norm 61.1%
7:338.0% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
10:167.9% of cage time · norm 18.7%
13:202:06 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
22:132:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.16/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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