Charlie Brenneman vs. Leandro Silva

UFC 4-7-0 vs. 3-4-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-7-0
UFC record
3-4-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
45
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
141
Layoff (months)Δ 21.9 mo
119.1
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWNC

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Charlie Brenneman owns the mat — in control 62% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Charlie Brenneman hunts takedowns — 4.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Leandro Silva is hard to hit — absorbs 2.08 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Charlie Brenneman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Leandro Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 3 — regional circuit 277

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1291.52/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2442.39/min · norm 3.42
1321.55/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2122.08/min · norm 3.37
56.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.6%norm 43.5%
47.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
63.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Charlie Brenneman

Distance 44.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 39.5% (norm 8.1%)

Leandro Silva

Distance 90.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Charlie Brenneman

Head 62.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 25.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Leandro Silva

Head 64.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brenneman L/AAccWelterweight med Silva L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 101 30.7% 38.6% 210 / 454 46.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 18 / 37 48.6% 67.8% 29 / 38 76.3% 67.3%
On the ground 80 / 90 88.9% 67.2% 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 142 35.9% 37.2% 122 / 326 37.4% 35.0%
To the body 52 / 58 89.7% 70.7% 64 / 105 61.0% 69.1%
To the legs 26 / 28 92.9% 82.9% 58 / 71 81.7% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Brenneman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 155 39.4% 39.0% 145 / 463 31.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 27 / 41 65.9% 68.9% 29 / 56 51.8% 68.6%
On the ground 44 / 53 83.0% 68.0% 38 / 54 70.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 175 44.0% 35.6% 111 / 417 26.6% 35.1%
To the body 38 / 50 76.0% 69.6% 48 / 78 61.5% 68.1%
To the legs 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.1% 53 / 78 67.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2442.1% acc · 4.23/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1237.5% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.38
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2565.8% def · norm 64.0%
52:3661.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
19:2119.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
12:122:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
27:254:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.44/15 · norm 0.49

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