Fernando vs Silva

Who won Fernando vs Silva?

Lucas Fernando beat Joao Paulo Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of LFA 183, on Friday 3rd May 2024 at Ribalta Espaço Multieventos in Rio de Janeiro.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lucas Fernando.

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).

Fernando vs Silva stats

Lucas Fernando stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Joao Paulo Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Lucas Fernando's 7th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Joao Paulo Silva marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Lucas Fernando's LFA record stood at 6-1-0, while Joao Paulo Silva's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Silva had an advantage in power over Fernando, with a 75% knock out percentage over Fernando's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fernando had a large advantage over Silva, boasting a 22% submission rate over Silva's 0%.

Lucas Fernando was the younger man by 4 years, at 28 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 1 inch over Fernando.

Fernando was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in , 3 years and 2 months earlier than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 33 to Silva's 18.

Fernando vs Silva form

Fernando had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Joao Paulo Silva at LFA 183 on 3rd May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ribalta Espaço Multieventos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Azamat Bekoev at LFA 173 on 15th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their LFA Middleweight championship fight at Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jansey Silva at LFA 154 on 10th March 2023 by knockout in the 4th round in their LFA Middleweight championship fight at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar, Brazil.

Before that, he had defeated Fabio Aguiar at LFA 143 on 30th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife.

He was victorious against Rodrigo Lima at LFA 126 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Complexo Ribalta, Rio de Janeiro.

Activity check

Fernando's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Silva's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Fernando vs Silva?

Lucas Fernando was a 1/2 (-220) favourite going into the contest, while Joao Paulo Silva made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+160) with oddsmakers.