Dalby vs Silva

Who won Dalby vs Silva?

Nicolas Dalby beat Claudio Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at The O2 in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nicolas Dalby.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Dalby vs Silva stats

Nicolas Dalby stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Claudio Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Nicolas Dalby's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Nicolas Dalby's UFC record stood at 7-4-1, while Claudio Silva's came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Dalby had an advantage in power over Silva, with a 32% knock out percentage over Silva's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a massive advantage over Dalby, boasting a 64% submission rate over Dalby's 21%.

Nicolas Dalby was the younger man by 2 years, at 40 years old.

Dalby had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Dalby was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 3 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 85 to Silva's 32.

Dalby vs Silva form

Dalby had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tim Means at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alex Oliveira at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Going into that contest, his fight against Ross Houston at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Alex Lohore at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 4th round at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had defeated Philip Mulpeter at Cage Warriors 100 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Viola Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

Activity check

Dalby's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Silva's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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