Moore vs Silva

Who won Moore vs Silva?

Brian Moore beat Arivaldo Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 285, on Friday 23rd September 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brian Moore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Moore vs Silva stats

Brian Moore stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Arivaldo Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

Brian Moore's Bellator record stood at 7-6-0, while Arivaldo Silva's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Moore had a large advantage in power over Silva, boasting a 29% knock out percentage over Silva's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had an advantage over Moore, with a 58% submission rate over Moore's 43%.

Brian Moore was the younger man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Moore had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silva.

Moore was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 9 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 59 to Silva's 66.

Moore vs Silva form

Moore had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jornel Lugo at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Nikita Mikhailov at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jordan Winski at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Simone D Anna at Bellator 247 on 1st October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

He had defeated Giorgio Belsanti at Bellator 196 on 6th April 2018 by submission in the 1st round at BOK Hall, Budapest, Hungary.

Activity check

Moore's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Moore vs Silva?

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