Botelho vs Silva

Who won Botelho vs Silva?

Karine Silva beat Poliana Botelho by submission in the 1st round, during the main card of UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik, on Saturday 4th June 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Botelho vs Silva stats

Poliana Botelho stepped into the ring with a record of 8 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Karine Silva made her way to the ring with an unblemished record of 0 wins and 0 draws.

The stats suggested Botelho had a massive power advantage over Silva, boasting at 75% knock out percentage over Silva's 0%.

Poliana Botelho was the older woman by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Botelho had a height advantage of 3 inches over Silva. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Botelho was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made her debut in 2013, 9 year later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 1 more professional rounds, 28 to Silva's 27.

Activity check

Botelho's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 13 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 7 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.