Silva vs Pereira

Who won Silva vs Pereira?

Alex Pereira beat Bruno Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Alex Pereira.

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).

Silva vs Pereira stats

Bruno Silva stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alex Pereira made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Bruno Silva's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Alex Pereira marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Bruno Silva's UFC record stood at 4-7-0, while Alex Pereira's came in at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested Pereira had an advantage in power over Silva, with a 100% knock out percentage over Silva's 86%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Silva and Pereira would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Bruno Silva was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 4 inches over Silva.

Silva was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 4 months earlier than Pereira, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 64 to Pereira's 37.

Silva vs Pereira form

Bruno Silva had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alex Pereira at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jordan Wright at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Andrew Sanchez at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Wellington Turman at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Activity check

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Pereira's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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