Silveira vs Shipman

Who won Silveira vs Shipman?

Joshua Silveira beat Mike Shipman by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 18th April 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Joshua Silveira.

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).

Silveira vs Shipman stats

Joshua Silveira stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Mike Shipman made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Joshua Silveira's 11th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Mike Shipman marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Joshua Silveira's PFL record stood at 7-4-0, while Mike Shipman's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Shipman had an advantage in power over Silveira, with a 59% knock out percentage over Silveira's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silveira had an advantage over Shipman, with a 46% submission rate over Shipman's 29%.

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

Silveira had a height advantage of 3 inches over Shipman.

Silveira was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 years and 2 months later than Shipman, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 38 to Shipman's 37.

Silveira vs Shipman form

Joshua Silveira had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Impa Kasanganay at PFL 8: 2024 Playoffs on 16th August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Rob Wilkinson at PFL 5: 2024 Regular Season on 21st June 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sadibou Sy at PFL 2: 2024 Regular Season on 12th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Impa Kasanganay at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Anthem, Washington.

He had beaten Ty Flores at PFL 7 on 4th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Shipman had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Eslam Abdul Baset at Bellator Champions Series: London on 14th September 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at OVO Wembley, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Steven Hill at Bellator Champions Series: Paris on 17th May 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had won against Charlie Ward at Bellator Dublin on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Gregory Babene at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had beaten Pietro Penini at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Joshua Silveira had been fighting more than Mike Shipman.

Going to this contest, Joshua Silveira had last fought 10 months and 11 days ago, while Mike Shipman's last outing had been 9 months and 13 days ago.

Silveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Shipman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What time did Silveira vs Shipman start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 9:45 PM UTC , which was 5:45 PM EST or 2:45 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:45 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Silveira vs Shipman?

Joshua Silveira was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Mike Shipman made his way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.