Silva vs Kawaihae

Who won Silva vs Kawaihae?

Canaan Kawaihae beat Danny Silva by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of LFA 148, on Friday 9th December 2022 at The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Commerce.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Canaan Kawaihae.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Silva vs Kawaihae stats

Danny Silva stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Canaan Kawaihae made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Canaan Kawaihae will be making their debut in the LFA.

Danny Silva's LFA record stood at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a massive power advantage over Kawaihae, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Kawaihae's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kawaihae had a massive advantage over Silva, boasting a 60% submission rate over Silva's 0%.

Danny Silva was the younger man by 26 years, at years old.

Kawaihae had a height advantage of 1 inch over Silva.

Silva was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 8 months later than Kawaihae, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 26 to Kawaihae's 11.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Canaan Kawaihae had been fighting more than Danny Silva.

Going to this contest, Danny Silva had last fought 1 year, 8 months and 27 days ago, while Canaan Kawaihae's last outing had been 5 years, 4 months and 10 days ago.

What were the odds on Silva vs Kawaihae?

Danny Silva was a 4/6 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Canaan Kawaihae made his way into the ring at 23/20 (+110) with oddsmakers.