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Karine Silva vs Gabriella Fernandes

Women's Flyweight · 3 rounds · Prelims · Bout 6 of 14Meta APEX · Las Vegas, NV
Karine Silva portrait

Karine Silva

Gabriella Fernandes portrait

Gabriella Fernandes

Karine Silva versus Gabriella Fernandes

“Killer”

Orthodox · Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu · Fighting Nerds

Silva’s profile

“Gabi”

Southpaw · Striker · MMA Masters

Fernandes’s profile

Tale of the tape

SilvaFernandes
19-7-0Pro record11-4-0
5-3-0UFC record3-3-0
32Age33
5' 5"Height5' 6"
125 lbsWeight125 lbs
67"Reach66"
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
Brazilian Jiu-JitsuStyleStriker
Fighting NerdsTeamMMA Masters
Lost vs Jasmine JasudaviciusLast fightLost vs Casey O'Neill
203Days since last fight224
89%Finish rate55%

How they win

Silva

19 wins on file

KO/TKO
8
Submission
9
Decision
2

Fernandes

11 wins on file

KO/TKO
3
Submission
3
Decision
5

Career averages

2.24Sig. strikes landed per min3.51
55%Strike accuracy, all strikes51%
1.93Takedowns per 15 min0.42
50%Takedown accuracy18%
1.61Submission attempts per 15 min0.21
How these figures are measured
Sig. strikes landed per minute
Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
Strike accuracy, all strikes
Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
Takedowns per 15 minutes
Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
Takedown accuracy
Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
Submission attempts per 15 minutes
Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
Finish rate
Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
Days since last fight
From the last bout on file to the date of this one.

Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record.

Matchup snapshot

Silva

8 measured UFC bouts, 86.7 minutes

Fernandes

6 measured UFC bouts, 72.0 minutes

2.27197 landed of 496 thrown (40%)
Significant strikes landedper minute
3.51253 landed of 543 thrown (47%)
2.64opponents landed 229 of 495
Significant strikes absorbedper minute
5.31opponents landed 382 of 814
55%12 of 22 attempts
Takedowns completedof those attempted
18%2 of 11 attempts
29%conceded 12 of 17 faced
Takedowns defendedof those faced
69%conceded 9 of 29 faced
1scored, 0 suffered
Knockdownsscored and suffered
1scored, 1 suffered
About these statistics

Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.

Recent form

Karine Silva

2-3 in last 5
  • L

    vs Jasmine Jasudavicius

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott

    Sig. strikes 15 of 43

  • L

    vs Maycee Barber

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2

    Sig. strikes 21 of 45 · Takedowns 2 of 3

  • W

    vs Dione Barbosa

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev

    Sig. strikes 26 of 70 · Takedowns 1 of 3

  • L

    vs Viviane Araújo

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic

    Sig. strikes 58 of 132 · Takedowns 1 of 7

  • W

    vs Ariane Lipski da Silva

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez

    Sig. strikes 27 of 75 · Takedowns 5 of 6

Gabriella Fernandes

3-2 in last 5
  • L

    vs Casey O'Neill

    KO/TKO · R1 · 3:11

    · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer

    Sig. strikes 8 of 33

  • W

    vs Julija Stoliarenko

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Hernandez

    Sig. strikes 59 of 114

  • W

    vs Wang Cong

    Submission · R2 · 3:49

    · UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo

    Sig. strikes 18 of 59 · Takedowns 0 of 2 · 1 knockdown

  • W

    vs Carli Judice

    Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira

    Sig. strikes 119 of 234 · Takedowns 2 of 8

  • L

    vs Tereza Bleda

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier

    Sig. strikes 23 of 47

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Karine Silva's takedowns and submissions against Gabriella Fernandes's striking volume and takedown defence: two Brazilian flyweights coming off defeats, and a three-round question of which phase decides the cards.

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