Belfort vs Silva Result & Stats: Belfort wins by TKO R1 · UFC - Ultimate Brazil, Fri, Oct 16, 1998

UFCUFC - Ultimate Brazil

Vitor BelfortWIN

“The Phenom” · 26-14-0

RESULT

TKO

ROUND 1 · 0:44

Middleweight3 rounds scheduled

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Wanderlei Silva

“The Axe Murderer” · 35-14-1

Friday, October 16, 1998Portuguesa Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Vitor Belfort defeated Wanderlei Silva by TKO in round 1 (0:44) in the Middleweight bout of UFC - Ultimate Brazil, held Friday, October 16, 1998 at Portuguesa Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

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Fight stats: totals

Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts

Vitor BelfortWanderlei Silva

Knockdowns

7 / 13

Significant strikes

1 / 2

54%

Sig. strike accuracy

50%

7 / 13

Total strikes

1 / 2

0 / 0

Takedowns

0 / 0

0:00

Control time

0:00

Where it landed

Significant strikes landed by target in this fight

Vitor BelfortWanderlei Silva

7100%

Head

00%

Body

00%

Leg

1100%

Where it happened

Where the landed significant strikes came from

Vitor Belfort

100%

Wanderlei Silva

100%

DistanceClinchGround

Range × target

Significant strikes landed by range and target in this fight · landed / attempted in each cell

Vitor Belfort7 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

77/13

Clinch

Ground

Wanderlei Silva1 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

11/2

Clinch

Ground

Style & credentials

Vitor Belfort

BoxingBJJ

—Black belt · BJJCarlson Gracie
2007Cage Rage Light Heavyweight ChampionshipCage Rage
1997UFC 12 Heavyweight TournamentUltimate Fighting Championship
—Champion · Brazilian National Championshipjunior · Heavyweight

Wanderlei Silva

No background on record

Camp · Wand Fight Team

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

82%

Head

70%

10%

Body

13%

Leg

17%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Vitor Belfortlast 25 fights

42%25%33%

Wanderlei Silvalast 12 fights

70%20%10%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Vitor Belfort Wanderlei Silva

Strikes landed / min

1.992.66

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Poor · better than 11% of UFC fightersWanderlei Silva · Below avg · better than 27% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.473.21

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Average · better than 48% of UFC fightersWanderlei Silva · Average · better than 57% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.620.25

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Below avg · better than 27% of UFC fightersWanderlei Silva · Poor · better than 12% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

75%40%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fightersWanderlei Silva · Average · better than 54% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

65%48%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Average · better than 51% of UFC fightersWanderlei Silva · Below avg · better than 22% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.800.10

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Good · better than 73% of UFC fightersWanderlei Silva · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1490 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

1.99

Strikes landed / min

2.66

3.47

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.21

0.62 / 0.8

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.25 / 0.6

75%

Takedown accuracy

40%

65%

Takedown defence

48%

0:19

Control time / fight

0:22

0.80

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.10

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Vitor Belfort26 UFC fights · 287 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

32%91/308

6%17/29

7%19/22

Clinch

17%49/96

6%16/18

1%3/3

Ground

32%91/130

0%1/1

0%0/0

Wanderlei Silva12 UFC fights · 325 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

48%156/699

6%20/33

16%53/80

Clinch

14%44/83

6%20/21

0%1/1

Ground

9%28/46

1%3/3

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Vitor Belfort6 of 6 ended early · 100%0 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

Wanderlei Silva6 of 6 ended early · 100%0 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

2 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Vitor Belfort4-1

W
Joe Charles
UFC - Ultimate Japan· Dec 22, 1997
Submission · R1 · 4:03 · Heavyweight
L
Randy Couture
UFC 15: Collision Course· Oct 17, 1997
TKO · R1 · 8:16 · Heavyweight
W
David Abbott
UFC 13: The Ultimate Force· May 30, 1997
TKO · R1 · 0:52 · Heavyweight
W
Scott Ferrozzo
UFC 12: Judgement Day· Feb 7, 1997
TKO · R1 · 0:43 · Heavyweight
W
Tra Telligman
UFC 12: Judgement Day· Feb 7, 1997
TKO · R1 · 1:17 · Heavyweight

Full record · 6 fights

W
Jon Hess
Superbrawl 2· Oct 11, 1996
TKO · R1 · 0:12 · Heavyweight

Wanderlei Silva4-1

W
Mike van Arsdale
International Vale Tudo Championship· Aug 23, 1998
TKO · R1 · 4:00
W
Marcelo Barbosa
Jul 1, 1998
TKO · R1 · 0:20
W
Sean Bormet
International Vale Tudo Championship· Sep 15, 1997
TKO
W
Egidio Amaro da Costa
International Vale Tudo Championship· Sep 15, 1997
Submission
L
Artur Mariano
International Vale Tudo Championship· Sep 15, 1997
TKO · R1 · 13:10

Full record · 6 fights

W
Dilson Filho
Nov 1, 1996
TKO · R1 · 3:35

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Who won Vitor Belfort vs Wanderlei Silva?

Vitor Belfort defeated Wanderlei Silva by TKO in round 1 (0:44) in the Middleweight bout of UFC - Ultimate Brazil, held Friday, October 16, 1998 at Portuguesa Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

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