Felipe Silva vs. Mairbek Taisumov

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 7-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
7-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
77"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
98.7
Layoff (months)Δ 15.7 mo
83
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Felipe Silva carries real power — 2.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mairbek Taisumov carries real power — 0.77 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Felipe Silva outworks the Lightweight division — 5.40 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Felipe Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Mairbek Taisumov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 184

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

815.40/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2332.98/min · norm 3.42
271.80/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2373.03/min · norm 3.37
50.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
39.2%norm 43.5%
59.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
64.9%norm 56.3%
22.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.77/15 · norm 0.25

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

Felipe Silva

Distance 58.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 34.6% (norm 8.0%)

Mairbek Taisumov

Distance 89.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Felipe Silva

Head 77.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 7.9%)

Mairbek Taisumov

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccLightweight med Taisumov L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 95 37.9% 37.9% 197 / 531 37.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 7 / 11 too few to rate 67.3% 13 / 24 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 38 / 56 67.9% 69.1% 23 / 40 57.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 54 / 126 42.9% 35.0% 145 / 459 31.6% 35.0%
To the body 16 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 39 / 76 51.3% 69.1%
To the legs 11 / 13 too few to rate 81.9% 49 / 60 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 (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 Taisumov L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 22 / 60 36.7% 38.9% 216 / 641 33.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.6% 11 / 22 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.0% 10 / 12 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 47 27.7% 35.1% 161 / 554 29.1% 35.1%
To the body 4 / 9 too few to rate 68.1% 46 / 81 56.8% 68.1%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 81.5% 30 / 40 75.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
763.6% acc · 1.34/15 · norm 1.38
571.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2388.5% def · norm 64.0%
2:5619.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:388.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
1:301:30 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
5:491:06 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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