Alex Da Silva vs. Kazula Vargas

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30
AgeΔ 10 yrs
40
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
50.1
Layoff (months)Δ 2.6 mo
52.7
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL

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.
Kazula Vargas rarely shoots — 0.40 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Kazula Vargas's takedown defense leaks — 30% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight 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

Kazula Vargas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 154

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1142.14/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1383.65/min · norm 3.42
1342.52/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
671.77/min · norm 3.37
46.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
53.9%norm 43.5%
56.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 56.3%
10.28/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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%)

Kazula Vargas

Distance 91.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

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%)

Kazula Vargas

Head 69.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.9% (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/AAccLightweight med Vargas L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 87 / 211 41.2% 37.9% 118 / 233 50.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 67.3% 6 / 8 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 14 / 15 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 198 36.4% 35.0% 77 / 179 43.0% 35.0%
To the body 25 / 29 86.2% 69.1% 38 / 49 77.6% 69.1%
To the legs 17 / 19 too few to rate 81.9% 23 / 28 82.1% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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/AOpp accLightweight med vs Vargas L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 106 / 275 38.5% 38.9% 53 / 139 38.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.6% 1 / 3 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 17 / 19 too few to rate 68.0% 13 / 17 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 104 / 274 38.0% 35.1% 58 / 146 39.7% 35.1%
To the body 19 / 23 too few to rate 68.1% 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 81.5% 6 / 7 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
743.8% acc · 1.97/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.40/15 · norm 1.38
1076.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
330.0% def · norm 64.0%
27:4352.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:1819.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
8:462:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
15:386:11 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.28/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.40/15 · norm 0.49

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