Assuerio Silva vs. Brandon Vera

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 8-7-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
8-7-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
52
AgeΔ 4 yrs
48
5'10"
HeightΔ 5"
6'3"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
231.6
Layoff (months)Δ 76.4 mo
155.2
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWNCL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Assuerio Silva hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Brandon Vera carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Assuerio Silva owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Assuerio Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 165

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Brandon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1210
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

581.78/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
5033.07/min · norm 3.41
1574.81/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
4802.93/min · norm 3.35
48.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
55.8%norm 48.3%
57.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
70.64/15 · norm 0.40

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

Assuerio Silva

Distance 88.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 9.3%)

Brandon Vera

Distance 68.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 24.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 10.4%)

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

Assuerio Silva

Head 51.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 25.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 22.5% (norm 7.6%)

Brandon Vera

Head 56.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 23.5% (norm 9.7%)

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 Vera L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 49 / 106 46.2% 40.1% 289 / 621 46.5% 41.4%
In the clinch 6 / 11 too few to rate 70.6% 171 / 221 77.4% 70.9%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 70.2% 43 / 59 72.9% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 62 22.6% 38.9% 182 / 511 35.6% 38.9%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 76.8% 141 / 178 79.2% 71.9%
To the legs 21 / 27 77.8% 87.8% 180 / 212 84.9% 81.8%

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 · Light 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 Vera L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 310 36.8% 40.7% 193 / 572 33.7% 40.4%
In the clinch 37 / 48 77.1% 70.6% 198 / 284 69.7% 68.7%
On the ground 6 / 8 too few to rate 72.0% 89 / 154 57.8% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 286 32.9% 38.8% 283 / 764 37.0% 37.5%
To the body 39 / 51 76.5% 75.1% 95 / 118 80.5% 72.3%
To the legs 24 / 29 82.8% 84.4% 102 / 128 79.7% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
738.9% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
853.3% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 0.87
0— def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2960.4% def · norm 66.7%
8:5327.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
26:4016.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
6:162:52 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
62:085:40 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
20.18/15 · norm 0.27

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