Antonio Silva vs. Mark Hunt

UFC 3-7-1 vs. 8-8-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-7-1
UFC record
8-8-1 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
46
AgeΔ 6 yrs
52
6'4"
HeightΔ 6"
5'10"
82"
ReachΔ 10"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
118.4
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
92.2
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Antonio Silva carries real power — 0.89 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Mark Hunt carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Antonio Silva rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Antonio Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 37
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 138

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.25 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Mark Hunt

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 88
Tier 3 — regional circuit 56

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.2 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1942.88/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
4792.38/min · norm 3.36
3114.62/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
6673.32/min · norm 3.19
50.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 47.8%
41.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
49.0%norm 52.5%
40.89/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
90.67/15 · norm 0.28

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

Antonio Silva

Distance 74.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 9.3%)

Mark Hunt

Distance 91.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Antonio Silva

Head 69.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 14.9% (norm 7.6%)

Mark Hunt

Head 86.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccHeavyweight med Hunt L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 132 / 284 46.5% 40.1% 405 / 1010 40.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 42 / 65 64.6% 70.6% 34 / 44 77.3% 70.6%
On the ground 20 / 33 60.6% 70.2% 40 / 51 78.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 108 / 267 40.4% 38.9% 378 / 960 39.4% 38.9%
To the body 38 / 58 65.5% 76.8% 51 / 83 61.4% 76.8%
To the legs 48 / 57 84.2% 87.8% 50 / 62 80.6% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 accHeavyweight med vs Hunt L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 164 / 330 49.7% 40.7% 428 / 990 43.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 37 / 49 75.5% 70.6% 54 / 84 64.3% 70.6%
On the ground 110 / 150 73.3% 72.0% 185 / 235 78.7% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 240 / 451 53.2% 38.8% 482 / 1073 44.9% 38.8%
To the body 49 / 56 87.5% 75.1% 110 / 140 78.6% 75.1%
To the legs 22 / 22 too few to rate 84.4% 75 / 96 78.1% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
753.8% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 0.95
861.5% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5065.8% def · norm 64.3%
5:238.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
19:439.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
21:044:41 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
49:043:39 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.16

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