Akhmedov vs Silveira

Who won Akhmedov vs Silveira?

Omari Akhmedov beat Joshua Silveira by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2022 #7, on Friday 5th August 2022 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Omari Akhmedov.

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).

Akhmedov vs Silveira stats

Omari Akhmedov stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Joshua Silveira made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Joshua Silveira marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Omari Akhmedov's PFL record stood at 3-2-0, while Joshua Silveira's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Akhmedov had a slight advantage in power over Silveira, with a 35% knock out percentage over Silveira's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silveira had a large advantage over Akhmedov, boasting a 56% submission rate over Akhmedov's 30%.

Omari Akhmedov was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Silveira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Akhmedov.

Akhmedov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 9 years and 6 months earlier than Silveira, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 65 to Silveira's 32.

Akhmedov vs Silveira form

Silveira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had won against Matt Paul at LFA 98 on 29th January 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Akhmedov's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Silveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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