Medeiros vs Silva

Who won Medeiros vs Silva?

Yancy Medeiros beat Erick Silva by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 212, on Saturday 3rd June 2017 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Medeiros vs Silva stats

Yancy Medeiros 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 4 by submission.

Erick Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Yancy Medeiros' UFC record stood at 6-8-0, while Erick Silva's came in at 7-8-0.

The stats suggested Medeiros had a large advantage in power over Silva, boasting a 46% knock out percentage over Silva's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a massive advantage over Medeiros, boasting a 63% submission rate over Medeiros' 31%.

Yancy Medeiros was the younger man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 1 inch over Medeiros. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Medeiros was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 4 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 49 to Silva's 61.

Medeiros vs Silva form

Yancy Medeiros had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Damir Had ovi at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Lando Vannata at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho.

Before that, he had been defeated by Gregor Gillespie at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had lost to Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin.

Activity check

Medeiros' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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