Leandro Silva vs. Ildemar Alcantara

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
6'2"
72"
ReachΔ 6"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
119.1
Layoff (months)Δ 13.7 mo
132.8
LLWWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ildemar Alcantara is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Ildemar Alcantara hunts takedowns — 2.00 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

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

Ildemar Alcantara

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2215

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.23 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2442.39/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1881.93/min · norm 3.17
2122.08/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2572.63/min · norm 3.06
48.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
38.7%norm 44.9%
63.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Ildemar Alcantara

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Ildemar Alcantara

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)

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 Alcantara L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 210 / 454 46.3% 37.9% 129 / 406 31.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 29 / 38 76.3% 67.3% 34 / 41 82.9% 67.8%
On the ground 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1% 25 / 39 64.1% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 326 37.4% 35.0% 106 / 381 27.8% 37.2%
To the body 64 / 105 61.0% 69.1% 62 / 83 74.7% 70.7%
To the legs 58 / 71 81.7% 81.9% 20 / 22 too few to rate 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Alcantara L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 145 / 463 31.3% 38.9% 154 / 354 43.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 29 / 56 51.8% 68.6% 26 / 33 78.8% 68.9%
On the ground 38 / 54 70.4% 68.0% 77 / 130 59.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 417 26.6% 35.1% 161 / 377 42.7% 35.6%
To the body 48 / 78 61.5% 68.1% 36 / 70 51.4% 69.6%
To the legs 53 / 78 67.9% 81.5% 60 / 70 85.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1237.5% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1368.4% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.27
2565.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2781.8% def · norm 63.9%
19:2119.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
16:2616.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
27:254:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
27:184:11 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.44/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
60.92/15 · norm 0.45

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