Akhmedov vs Silveira

Who won Akhmedov vs Silveira?

Omari Akhmedov beat Joshua Silveira by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2022 #7, on Friday 5th August 2022 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Omari Akhmedov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Akhmedov vs Silveira stats

Omari Akhmedov stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Joshua Silveira made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Joshua Silveira marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Omari Akhmedov's PFL record stood at 3-2-0, while Joshua Silveira's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Akhmedov had a slight advantage in power over Silveira, with a 35% knock out percentage over Silveira's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silveira had a large advantage over Akhmedov, boasting a 56% submission rate over Akhmedov's 30%.

Omari Akhmedov was the older man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Silveira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Akhmedov.

Akhmedov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 9 years and 6 months earlier than Silveira, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 65 to Silveira's 35.

Akhmedov vs Silveira form

Akhmedov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Viktor Pesta at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jordan Young at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Brad Tavares at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Chris Weidman at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Tim Boetsch at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Silveira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Ty Flores at PFL 7 on 4th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Delan Monte at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sam Kei at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by submission in the 1st round at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Omari Akhmedov at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had beaten Marthin Hamlet Nielsen at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Joshua Silveira had been fighting more than Omari Akhmedov.

Going to this contest, Omari Akhmedov had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 10 days ago, while Joshua Silveira's last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 26 days ago.

Akhmedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Silveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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