Silva vs Wu

Who won Silva vs Wu?

Mayra Bueno Silva beat Yanan Wu by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 16th April 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mayra Bueno Silva.

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

Silva vs Wu stats

Mayra Bueno Silva stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Yanan Wu made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Wu had a massive power advantage over Silva, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Silva's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a massive advantage over Wu, boasting a 71% submission rate over Wu's 18%.

Mayra Bueno Silva was the older woman by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Wu had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silva. Despite this, she had 1-inch reach advantage.

Silva was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2015, 1 year and 3 months later than Wu, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 4 less professional rounds, 33 to Wu's 37.

Silva vs Wu form

Mayra Bueno Silva had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Raquel Pennington at UFC 297 on 20th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Previous to that, she had won against Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Stephanie Egger at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She was victorious against Yanan Wu at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 10 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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