Silva vs Glenn

Who won Silva vs Glenn?

Rick Glenn beat Joaquim Silva by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 29, on Saturday 19th June 2021 in the United States.

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).

Silva vs Glenn stats

Joaquim Silva stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Rick Glenn made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Joaquim Silva's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Rick Glenn marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Joaquim Silva's UFC record stood at 6-5-0, while Rick Glenn's came in at 4-6-1.

The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over Glenn, with a 55% knock out percentage over Glenn's 52%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a slight advantage over Glenn, with a 27% submission rate over Glenn's 19%.

Joaquim Silva was the same age as Rick Glenn, at 36 years old.

Glenn had a height advantage of 4 inches over Silva. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Silva was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 2 months later than Glenn, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 41 less professional rounds, 34 to Glenn's 75.

Silva vs Glenn form

Silva had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Clay Guida at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Fight Night – Vettori vs. Cannonier on 17th June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jesse Ronson at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Rick Glenn at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had been defeated by Nasrat Haqparast at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Activity check

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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