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. Danny Silva marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Joshua Culibao's UFC record stood at 3-4-1, while Danny Silva's came in at 2-0-0.

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 31 years, at 31 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 16 more professional rounds, 45 to Silva's 29.

Culibao vs Silva form

Joshua Culibao had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Danny Silva at UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura on 16th March 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Lerone Murphy at UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura on 22nd July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Melsik Baghdasaryan at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Before that, he had beaten Seung Woo Choi at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had defeated Yilan Sha at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Activity check

Culibao's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Silva's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 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.