Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Marcus Silveira
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Kazushi Sakuraba
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 24 | 16 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.07 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 44 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Marcus Silveira
Full career not yet synced for Marcus Silveira — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kazushi Sakuraba
Distance 0.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 100.0% (norm 9.3%)
Marcus Silveira
Distance 10.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 90.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kazushi Sakuraba
Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)
Marcus Silveira
Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sakuraba L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Silveira L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 40.1% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 8 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 38.9% | 8 / 20 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 76.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 87.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 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 Sakuraba L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Silveira L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 40.7% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 8 / 20 | too few to rate | 38.8% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 38.8% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 75.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 84.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 84.4% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sakuraba has more cage time on record.