Tiago dos Santos e Silva vs. Clay Collard

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39
AgeΔ 6 yrs
33
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.9
Layoff (months)Δ 15.2 mo
131.1
LWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Clay Collard hunts takedowns — 2.81 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Clay Collard carries real power — 0.51 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Tiago dos Santos e Silva rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Full career not yet synced for Tiago dos Santos e Silva — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Clay Collard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 810
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 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

1773.69/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2484.22/min · norm 3.54
2034.23/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2945.00/min · norm 3.47
35.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
32.2%norm 45.0%
59.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.51/15 · norm 0.29

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

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Distance 85.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)

Clay Collard

Distance 86.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Tiago dos Santos e Silva

Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 7.8%)

Clay Collard

Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccFeatherweight med Collard L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 137 / 426 32.2% 40.9% 184 / 669 27.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 39 / 69 56.5% 70.8% 39 / 56 69.6% 70.8%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.2% 25 / 45 55.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 351 22.5% 37.2% 147 / 604 24.3% 37.2%
To the body 42 / 76 55.3% 68.2% 51 / 95 53.7% 68.2%
To the legs 56 / 70 80.0% 80.7% 50 / 71 70.4% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 accFeatherweight med vs Collard L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 413 33.9% 39.2% 206 / 474 43.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 33 72.7% 70.3% 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3%
On the ground 39 / 56 69.6% 69.4% 46 / 51 90.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 146 / 427 34.2% 35.9% 166 / 426 39.0% 35.9%
To the body 44 / 56 78.6% 67.9% 94 / 129 72.9% 67.9%
To the legs 13 / 19 too few to rate 81.5% 34 / 41 82.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
211.1% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1139.3% acc · 2.81/15 · norm 1.19
233.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 61.5%
10:2121.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
11:2319.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
4:241:22 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:302:10 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.31/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.51/15 · norm 0.46

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