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The Clinch

Brazil 2005-2013 · 31 rounds on file

Thiago Silva

13-3-2 W-L-D in this database

Thiago Silva, photograph by Broward Sheriff's Office, confirmed here: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2014/02/07/UFC-fighter-Thiago-Silva-arrested-after-standoff-with-SWAT-team/5121391780703/
Strike accuracy 512/1,024
Takedown accuracy 9/19
Sig. strikes / round 16.5
Control / round 0:39
Inside the distance 92% 12 of 13 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
74″188 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4312 NOV 1982
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 18 fights - 1.8 takedown attempts and 18% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 5 3-1-1 vs 1594 avg
Positional Controller 4 2-1-1
Submission Grappler 1 1-0-0
Hybrid 4 1-2-1 vs 1613 avg
Well-Rounded 4 1-2-1
Striking 3 3-0-0 vs 1545 avg
Pressure Striker 3 3-0-0
-- Not classified 6 6-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 6 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

10 SEP 2005 - beat Rubens Xavier · Technical Knockout 03 DEC 2005 - beat Rodrigo Gripp de Sousa · Technical Knockout 27 SEP 2006 - beat Dave Dalgliesh · Submission 09 NOV 2006 - beat Dino Pezao · Technical Knockout 30 NOV 2006 - beat Vitor Vianna · Technical Knockout 28 FEB 2007 - beat Tatsuya Mizuno · Technical Knockout 26 MAY 2007 - beat James Irvin · Technical Knockout 08 SEP 2007 - beat Tomasz Drwal · Technical Knockout 17 NOV 2007 - beat Houston Alexander · Technical Knockout 24 MAY 2008 - beat Antonio Mendes · Technical Knockout 31 JAN 2009 - lost to Lyoto Machida · Technical Knockout 29 AUG 2009 - beat Keith Jardine · Technical Knockout 02 JAN 2010 - lost to Rashad Evans · Decision (Unanimous) 01 JAN 2011 - drew with Brandon Vera · No Contest 14 APR 2012 - lost to Alexander Gustafsson · Decision (Unanimous) 10 NOV 2012 - drew with Stanislav Nedkov · No Contest 08 JUN 2013 - beat Rafael Cavalcante · Technical Knockout 09 OCT 2013 - beat Matt Hamill · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 31 rounds across 18 of 18 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 16.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 10.7
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:39 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 50% 512/1,024
Takedowns 47% 9/19
Opponents’ accuracy 33% 333/1,010

Where the strikes land

Head 58% 295
Body 20% 101
Leg 23% 116

And from where

At distance 54% 277
In the clinch 23% 118
On the ground 23% 117

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 11 won Technical Knockout · 11-1
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-2
Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
09 OCT 2013 Matt Hamill Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 96 70 UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Shields
08 JUN 2013 Rafael Cavalcante Won Technical Knockout R1 4:29 37 24 UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum
10 NOV 2012 Stanislav Nedkov No decision No Contest R3 1:45 62 18 UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le
14 APR 2012 Alexander Gustafsson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 38 76 UFC on FUEL TV: Gustafsson vs Silva
01 JAN 2011 Brandon Vera No decision No Contest R3 5:00 51 19 UFC 125: Resolution
02 JAN 2010 Rashad Evans Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 31 12 UFC 108: Evans vs Silva
29 AUG 2009 Keith Jardine Won Technical Knockout R1 1:35 5 3 UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira
31 JAN 2009 Lyoto Machida Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:59 2 24 UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2
24 MAY 2008 Antonio Mendes Won Technical Knockout R1 2:24 19 5 UFC 84: Ill Will
17 NOV 2007 Houston Alexander Won Technical Knockout R1 3:25 22 2 UFC 78: Validation
08 SEP 2007 Tomasz Drwal Won Technical Knockout R2 4:23 48 43 UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
26 MAY 2007 James Irvin Won Technical Knockout R1 1:06 1 3 UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson
28 FEB 2007 Tatsuya Mizuno Won Technical Knockout R1 4:29 19 14 Pancrase - Rising 2
30 NOV 2006 Vitor Vianna Won Technical Knockout R1 0:58 8 3 Fury FC 2
09 NOV 2006 Dino Pezao Won Technical Knockout R1 4:34 15 3 Show Fight 5
27 SEP 2006 Dave Dalgliesh Won Submission R1 1:05 2 0 Fury FC 1
03 DEC 2005 Rodrigo Gripp de Sousa Won Technical Knockout R2 1:14 30 3 Shooto Brazil 9
10 SEP 2005 Rubens Xavier Won Technical Knockout R2 4:17 26 11 Predator FC 1

Photographs on this page

  • Thiago Silva - Broward Sheriff's Office, confirmed here: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2014/02/07/UFC-fighter-Thiago-Silva-arrested-after-standoff-with-SWAT-team/5121391780703/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.