Hughes vs Silva

Who won Hughes vs Silva?

Paul Hughes beat Fabiano Silva by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 170, on Saturday 6th April 2024 at Simmonscourt Ros in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Hughes vs Silva stats

Paul Hughes stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Fabiano Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 33 wins, 15 losses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

This was Paul Hughes' 9th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Paul Hughes' Cage Warriors record stood at 8-1-0, while Fabiano Silva's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Hughes had a slight advantage in power over Silva, with a 40% knock out percentage over Silva's 39%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a slight advantage over Hughes, with a 36% submission rate over Hughes' 30%.

Paul Hughes was the younger man by 10 years, at 27 years old.

Hughes had a height advantage of 4 inches over Silva.

Hughes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 38 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 11 years and 2 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 69 less professional rounds, 37 to Silva's 106.

Hughes vs Silva form

Hughes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jan Quaeyhaegens at Cage Warriors 161 – Dublin on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jordan Vucenic at Cage Warriors 145 on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Morgan Charriere at Cage Warriors 128 on 1st October 2021 by majority decision in their 5 round contest at York Hall, London, England.

Before that, he had lost to Jordan Vucenic at Cage Warriors 119 on 12th December 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London.

He was victorious against Aidan Stephen at Cage Warriors 116 on 26th September 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Hughes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hughes vs Silva?

Paul Hughes was a 2/13 (-670) favourite going into the contest, while Fabiano Silva made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.