Allen vs Silva

Who won Allen vs Silva?

Brendan Allen beat Bruno Silva by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria, on Saturday 24th June 2023 at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Allen vs Silva stats

Brendan Allen stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Bruno Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Brendan Allen's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Bruno Silva marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Brendan Allen's UFC record stood at 12-4-0, while Bruno Silva's came in at 4-7-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a massive power advantage over Allen, boasting a 87% knock out percentage over Allen's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Allen had a massive advantage over Silva, boasting a 57% submission rate over Silva's 0%.

Brendan Allen was the younger man by 6 years, at 29 years old.

Allen had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silva.

Allen was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 5 years and 2 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 71 to Silva's 64.

Allen vs Silva form

Bruno Silva had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Brad Tavares at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alex Pereira at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Jordan Wright at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Andrew Sanchez at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Allen vs Silva?

Brendan Allen was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Bruno Silva made his way into the ring at 33/20 (+170) with oddsmakers.