Silveira vs Kei

Who won Silveira vs Kei?

Joshua Silveira beat Sam Kei by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 1, on Saturday 1st April 2023 at The Theater - Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Silveira vs Kei stats

Joshua Silveira stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Sam Kei made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Joshua Silveira's 10th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Joshua Silveira's PFL record stood at 6-4-0, while Sam Kei's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Kei had an advantage in power over Silveira, with a 50% knock out percentage over Silveira's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silveira had a massive advantage over Kei, boasting a 56% submission rate over Kei's 0%.

Joshua Silveira was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Kei had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silveira.

Silveira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 years and 11 months later than Kei, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 35 to Kei's 38.

Silveira vs Kei form

Silveira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Omari Akhmedov at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Marthin Hamlet Nielsen at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mohamed Juma at PFL Challenger Series 1 on 18th February 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Orlando.

Before that, he had defeated Jared Revel at LFA 119 on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their LFA Middleweight championship fight at Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix.

He was victorious against Tee Cummins at LFA 115 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their LFA Light Heavyweight championship fight at Menominee Nation Arena, Oshkosh.

Activity check

Silveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Silveira vs Kei?

Joshua Silveira was a 2/13 (-670) favourite going into the contest, while Sam Kei made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.