Minowa vs Silva

Who won Minowa vs Silva?

Hiroshi Minowa beat Alex Silva by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 3, on Friday 19th March 2021 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Hiroshi Minowa.

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).

Minowa vs Silva stats

Hiroshi Minowa stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Alex Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws and 8 by submission.

Hiroshi Minowa's One Championship record stood at 2-2-0, while Alex Silva's came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Minowa had a large advantage in power over Silva, boasting a 25% knock out percentage over Silva's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a large advantage over Minowa, boasting a 89% submission rate over Minowa's 67%.

Hiroshi Minowa was the younger man by 17 years, at 24 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 1 inch over Minowa.

Minowa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 4 years and 1 month later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 17 less professional rounds, 35 to Silva's 52.

Minowa vs Silva form

Alex Silva had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Joshua Pacio at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by split decision in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Previous to that, he had won against Stefer Rahardian at ONE Championship – Dreams of Gold on 16th August 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yosuke Saruta at ONE Championship – Destiny of Champions on 7th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Before that, he had been defeated by Yoshitaka Naito at ONE Championship – Grit and Glory on 12th May 2018 by split decision in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

He had beaten Ruel Catalan at ONE Championship – Spirit of Champions on 11th December 2015 by submission in the 1st round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

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Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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