Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Wanderlei Silva
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 27 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 48 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500
Cung Le
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Wanderlei Silva
Distance 84.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 10.4%)
Cung Le
Distance 95.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Wanderlei Silva
Head 85.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.9% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 9.7%)
Cung Le
Head 65.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.1% (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/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Le L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 229 / 812 | 28.2% | 41.4% | 124 / 307 | 40.4% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 65 / 105 | 61.9% | 70.9% | 9 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 31 / 49 | 63.3% | 72.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 228 / 828 | 27.5% | 38.9% | 53 / 209 | 25.4% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 43 / 57 | 75.4% | 71.9% | 55 / 82 | 67.1% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 54 / 81 | 66.7% | 81.8% | 25 / 29 | 86.2% | 83.3% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Le L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 329 / 933 | 35.3% | 40.4% | 173 / 488 | 35.5% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 31 / 57 | 54.4% | 68.7% | 23 / 36 | 63.9% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 31 / 60 | 51.7% | 70.4% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 282 / 906 | 31.1% | 37.5% | 124 / 423 | 29.3% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 68 / 93 | 73.1% | 72.3% | 41 / 58 | 70.7% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 41 / 51 | 80.4% | 83.0% | 33 / 47 | 70.2% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Silva has more cage time on record.