Silveira vs Kei

Who won Silveira vs Kei?

Joshua Silveira beat Sam Kei by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 1, on Saturday 1st April 2023 at The Theater - Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the 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 Kei stats

Joshua Silveira stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Sam Kei made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

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

Joshua Silveira's PFL record stood at 6-2-0, while Sam Kei's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Kei had an advantage in power over Silveira, with a 50% knock out percentage over Silveira's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silveira had a massive advantage over Kei, boasting a 56% submission rate over Kei's 0%.

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

Kei 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, 6 years and 11 months later than Kei, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 29 to Kei's 38.

Silveira vs Kei form

Silveira had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Impa Kasanganay at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Ty Flores at PFL 7 on 4th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Delan Monte at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

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

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.

Activity check

Silveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Kei's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Silveira vs Kei?

Joshua Silveira was a 2/13 (-670) favourite going into the contest, while Sam Kei made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.