Lee vs Silva

Who won Lee vs Silva?

Natalia Silva beat Andrea Lee by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 292, on Saturday 19th August 2023 at TD Garden in Boston.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Lee vs Silva stats

Andrea Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Natalia Silva made her way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Andrea Lee's 14th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2018. Natalia Silva marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Andrea Lee's UFC record stood at 5-9-0, while Natalia Silva's came in at 7-0-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over Lee, with a 33% knock out percentage over Lee's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a slight advantage over Lee, with a 47% submission rate over Lee's 38%.

Andrea Lee was the older woman by 8 years, at 36 years old.

Lee had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silva.

Lee's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Silva's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2014, 7 months earlier than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 14 more professional rounds, 65 to Silva's 51.

Activity check

Silva's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 4 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lee vs Silva?

Andrea Lee was a 5/2 (+250) underdog going into the contest, while Natalia Silva made her way into the ring at 31/100 (-320) with oddsmakers.