Leandro Silva vs. Francisco Trinaldo

UFC 3-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 18-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
18-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 7 yrs
47
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
119.1
Layoff (months)Δ 72.9 mo
46.2
LLWWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Leandro Silva is hard to hit — absorbs 2.08 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.
Francisco Trinaldo rarely shoots — 0.98 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Leandro Silva hunts takedowns — 1.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 188
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2442.39/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
10093.13/min · norm 3.42
2122.08/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
8602.67/min · norm 3.37
48.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 43.5%
63.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.23/15 · norm 0.25

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

Leandro Silva

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Distance 80.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Leandro Silva

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Head 77.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (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 Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 210 / 454 46.3% 37.9% 703 / 1789 39.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 29 / 38 76.3% 67.3% 168 / 238 70.6% 67.3%
On the ground 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1% 138 / 203 68.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 326 37.4% 35.0% 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.0%
To the body 64 / 105 61.0% 69.1% 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1%
To the legs 58 / 71 81.7% 81.9% 116 / 132 87.9% 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 Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 145 / 463 31.3% 38.9% 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 29 / 56 51.8% 68.6% 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6%
On the ground 38 / 54 70.4% 68.0% 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 417 26.6% 35.1% 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.1%
To the body 48 / 78 61.5% 68.1% 249 / 390 63.8% 68.1%
To the legs 53 / 78 67.9% 81.5% 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1237.5% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.38
2565.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4460.3% def · norm 64.0%
19:2119.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
27:254:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
30.44/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
110.51/15 · norm 0.49

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