Alex Da Silva vs. Alexander Yakovlev

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 3-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
3-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
30
AgeΔ 12 yrs
42
5'8"
HeightΔ 7"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
50.1
Layoff (months)Δ 19.3 mo
69.4
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alex Da Silva owns the mat — in control 52% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Alex Da Silva hunts takedowns — 1.97 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Alexander Yakovlev hunts takedowns — 1.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alex Da Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 253

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Alexander Yakovlev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 217

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1142.14/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1731.74/min · norm 3.17
1342.52/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2392.41/min · norm 3.06
46.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 44.9%
56.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
58.5%norm 55.25%
10.28/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.30/15 · norm 0.38

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

Alex Da Silva

Distance 85.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 8.0%)

Alexander Yakovlev

Distance 82.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Alex Da Silva

Head 80.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.9%)

Alexander Yakovlev

Head 68.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.5% (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/AAccLightweight med Yakovlev L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 87 / 211 41.2% 37.9% 124 / 300 41.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 67.3% 22 / 29 75.9% 67.8%
On the ground 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 27 / 36 75.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 198 36.4% 35.0% 85 / 249 34.1% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 29 86.2% 69.1% 46 / 63 73.0% 70.7%
To the legs 17 / 19 too few to rate 81.9% 42 / 53 79.2% 82.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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/AOpp accLightweight med vs Yakovlev L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 106 / 275 38.5% 38.9% 140 / 443 31.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.6% 30 / 43 69.8% 68.9%
On the ground 17 / 19 too few to rate 68.0% 69 / 90 76.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 104 / 274 38.0% 35.1% 151 / 463 32.6% 35.6%
To the body 19 / 23 too few to rate 68.1% 43 / 63 68.3% 69.6%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 81.5% 45 / 50 90.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
743.8% acc · 1.97/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1135.5% acc · 1.66/15 · norm 1.27
1076.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2672.2% def · norm 63.9%
27:4352.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
14:5715.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
8:462:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
40:096:04 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.28/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.15/15 · norm 0.45

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