Silva vs Yamakita

Who won Silva vs Yamakita?

Keito Yamakita beat Alex Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE on Prime Video 8, on Friday 24th March 2023 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Keito Yamakita.

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).

Silva vs Yamakita stats

Alex Silva stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

Keito Yamakita made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins and 0 draws, with 1 of those by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Yamakita had an advantage in power over Silva, with a 14% knock out percentage over Silva's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a massive advantage over Yamakita, boasting at 83% submission rate over Yamakita's 29%.

Alex Silva was the older man by 13 years, at 40 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 3 inches over Yamakita.

Silva was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 8 years and 4 months earlier than Yamakita, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 52 to Yamakita's 21.

Silva vs Yamakita form

Alex Silva had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Gustavo Balart at ONE Championship 162 on 21st October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beat Adrian Mattheis at ONE Championship – Pacio vs. Brooks on 3rd June 2022 by split decision in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Adrian Mattheis at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had won against Rene Catalan at ONE Championship – Gold Rush on 26th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had beat Li Tao Miao at ONE Championship – Battleground 2 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Silva vs Yamakita?

Alex Silva was a 7/5 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Keito Yamakita made his way into the ring at 8/15 (-190) with oddsmakers.