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Events · UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 · Tito Ortiz vs Wanderlei Silva
From the tape · 14 Apr 2000

Tito Ortiz vs Wanderlei Silva

UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 · Tokyo, Japan
Result

Tito Ortiz beat Wanderlei Silva

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
5 of 5
Clock
5:00
Light Heavyweight Title

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

TO
Red corner TitoOrtiz“The People's Champ”Team Punishment · Huntington Beach, California
VSOn the tape
WS
Blue corner WanderleiSilva“The Axe Murderer”Wand Fight Team · Curitiba, Parana
Light Heavyweight Title5 rounds14 Apr 2000
The story going in
  • Every one of Ortiz’s 3 UFC wins came inside the distance.
  • Averages 1.5 more takedowns per 15 minutes than Silva.
19-12-1
Record
35-13-1
25
Age
−2 yr23
+4″6' 3"
Height
5' 11"
74″
Reach
74″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
+35
UFC bouts
2
3/3100% of wins
Finishes
1/1100% of wins
Team Punishment
Gym
Wand Fight Team
Huntington Beach, California
From
Curitiba, Parana
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

No round-by-round tape on file

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Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

No scorecard record on file

We could not join this bout to a scoring record, so nothing is shown here. That is a gap in the source data, not a card we are withholding.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Tito Ortiz

2.47takedowns / 15 min
2.47 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.97 / 15m
7.06 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
1.83 / 15m
35%
ACCURACY
53%
0.60 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.60 / 15m

Wanderlei Silva

0.97takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Tito Ortiz vs Wanderlei Silva.

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