Silveira vs Flores

Who won Silveira vs Flores?

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

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Joshua Silveira.

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 loses and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Silveira had a large advantage in power over Flores, boasting at 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 at 55% submission rate over Flores' 23%.

Joshua Silveira was the older man by 1 year, at 30 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 year and 3 months later than Flores, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 18 less professional rounds, 23 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 defeated 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 defeated Sam Kei at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by 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 beat Marthin Hamlet Nielsen at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

He had won against Mohamed Juma at PFL Challenger Series 1 on 18th February 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Orlando.

Activity check

Silveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 26 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 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 29 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.