Solecki vs Silva

Who won Solecki vs Silva?

Joe Solecki beat Alex da Silva by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 4th June 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Joe Solecki.

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).

Solecki vs Silva stats

Joe Solecki stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Alex da Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Joe Solecki's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Joe Solecki's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Alex da Silva's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a massive power advantage over Solecki, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Solecki's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Solecki had a massive advantage over Silva, boasting a 64% submission rate over Silva's 33%.

Joe Solecki was the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Solecki had a height advantage of 1 inch over Silva. Despite this, Silva had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Solecki was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 9 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 38 to Silva's 37.

Solecki vs Silva form

Joe Solecki had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Grant Dawson at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Drakkar Klose at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had won against Carl Deaton III at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Alex da Silva at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Jared Gordon at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Solecki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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