Silva vs Kawaihae

Who won Silva vs Kawaihae?

Canaan Kawaihae beat Danny Silva by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of LFA 148, on Friday 9th December 2022 at The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Commerce.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Canaan Kawaihae.

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).

Silva vs Kawaihae stats

Danny Silva stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Canaan Kawaihae made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Danny Silva's 3rd fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Canaan Kawaihae will be making their debut in the LFA.

Danny Silva's LFA record stood at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a massive power advantage over Kawaihae, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Kawaihae's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kawaihae had a massive advantage over Silva, boasting a 60% submission rate over Silva's 0%.

Danny Silva was the younger man by 27 years, at years old.

Kawaihae had a height advantage of 1 inch over Silva.

Silva was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 8 months later than Kawaihae, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 29 to Kawaihae's 11.

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Silva's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Silva vs Kawaihae?

Danny Silva was a 4/6 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Canaan Kawaihae made his way into the ring at 23/20 (+110) with oddsmakers.