Balart vs Silva

Who won Balart vs Silva?

Gustavo Balart beat Alex Silva by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship 162, on Friday 21st October 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gustavo Balart.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Balart vs Silva stats

Gustavo Balart stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alex Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

Gustavo Balart's One Championship record stood at 3-3-0, while Alex Silva's came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Balart had a slight advantage in power over Silva, with a 10% knock out percentage over Silva's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a massive advantage over Balart, boasting a 83% submission rate over Balart's 0%.

Gustavo Balart was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 5 inches over Balart.

Balart was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 10 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 42 to Silva's 52.

Balart vs Silva form

Alex Silva had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Adrian Mattheis at ONE Championship – Pacio vs. Brooks on 3rd June 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Adrian Mattheis at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rene Catalan at ONE Championship – Gold Rush on 26th November 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had defeated Li Tao Miao at ONE Championship – Battleground 2 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had been beaten by Hiroshi Minowa at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 3 on 19th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Balart's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Balart vs Silva?

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