Silveira vs Flores

Who won Silveira vs Flores?

Joshua Silveira beat Ty Flores by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 7, on Friday 4th August 2023 at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Silveira vs Flores stats

Joshua Silveira stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Ty Flores made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Joshua Silveira's 8th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Joshua Silveira's PFL record stood at 6-2-0, while Ty Flores' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Silveira had a large advantage in power over Flores, boasting a 36% knock out percentage over Flores' 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silveira had a massive advantage over Flores, boasting a 55% submission rate over Flores' 23%.

Joshua Silveira was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Flores had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silveira.

Silveira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 4 years and 3 months later than Flores, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 29 to Flores' 41.

Silveira vs Flores form

Silveira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Delan Monte at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Sam Kei at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by submission in the 1st round at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Omari Akhmedov at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had defeated Marthin Hamlet Nielsen at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

He was victorious against Mohamed Juma at PFL Challenger Series 1 on 18th February 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Orlando.

Activity check

Silveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Flores' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Silveira vs Flores?

Joshua Silveira was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Ty Flores made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.