Andrade vs Silva

Who won Andrade vs Silva?

Natalia Silva beat Jessica Andrade by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 7th September 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Natalia Silva.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Andrade vs Silva stats

Jessica Andrade stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Natalia Silva made her way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Jessica Andrade's 28th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013. Natalia Silva marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Jessica Andrade's UFC record stood at 17-11-0, while Natalia Silva's came in at 6-0-0.

The stats suggested Andrade had a slight advantage in power over Silva, with a 38% knock out percentage over Silva's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a slight advantage over Andrade, with a 41% submission rate over Andrade's 31%.

Jessica Andrade was the older woman by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 3 inches over Andrade.

Andrade was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made her debut in 2011, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 30 more professional rounds, 78 to Silva's 48.

Andrade vs Silva form

Andrade had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Marina Rodriguez at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Mackenzie Dern at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Tatiana Suarez at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Before that, she had been beaten by Yan Xiaonan at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark.

She had been defeated by Erin Blanchfield at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Silva had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov on 3rd February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Andrea Lee at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, he had won against Victoria Leonardo at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Tereza Bleda at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Jasmine Jasudavicius at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jessica Andrade had been fighting more than Natalia Silva.

Going to this contest, Jessica Andrade had last fought 4 months and 29 days ago, while Natalia Silva's last outing had been 7 months and 8 days ago.

Andrade's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 months and 24 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 12 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Andrade vs Silva start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:10 AM UTC , which was 9:10 PM EST or 6:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Andrade vs Silva?

Jessica Andrade was a 12/5 (+240) underdog going into the contest, while Natalia Silva made her way into the ring at 33/100 (-300) with oddsmakers.