Silva vs Pereira

Who won Silva vs Pereira?

Alex Pereira beat Bruno Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Alex Pereira.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Silva vs Pereira stats

Bruno Silva stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alex Pereira made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Alex Pereira marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Bruno Silva's UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Alex Pereira's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Pereira had an advantage in power over Silva, with a 100% knock out percentage over Silva's 86%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Silva and Pereira would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Bruno Silva was the younger man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 4 inches over Silva.

Silva was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 4 months earlier than Pereira, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 60 to Pereira's 26.

Silva vs Pereira form

Pereira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jamahal Hill at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jiri Prochazka at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jan Blachowicz at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

He was victorious against Israel Adesanya at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Silva's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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