Culibao vs Silva

Who won Culibao vs Silva?

Danny Silva beat Joshua Culibao by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 16th March 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Danny Silva.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Culibao vs Silva stats

Joshua Culibao stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Danny Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Joshua Culibao's 8th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Joshua Culibao's UFC record stood at 3-4-1, while Danny Silva's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a large advantage in power over Culibao, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Culibao's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Culibao had a slight advantage over Silva, with a 9% submission rate over Silva's 0%.

Joshua Culibao was the older man by 30 years, at 30 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 1 inch over Culibao.

Culibao was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 45 to Silva's 26.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Danny Silva had been fighting more than Joshua Culibao.

Going to this contest, Joshua Culibao had last fought 1 year and 5 months ago, while Danny Silva's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 26 days ago.

Culibao's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 7 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Silva's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Culibao vs Silva?

Joshua Culibao was a 53/100 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Danny Silva made his way into the ring at 81/50 (+160) with oddsmakers.