Joaquim Silva weathered an early storm from Claudio Puelles and scored an impressive decision victory at Noche UFC on Saturday night.
Puelles wasted no time putting Silva on his back in the opening round, a trend that would continue in the second when Puelles landed another takedown and immediately landed in side control. However, this time, Silva would use the cage to wall-walk his way back up, much to the chagrin of Puelles, who appeared to be losing steam.
Silva put a punctuation mark on the second stanza, landing an especially nasty teep kick to Puelles’ midsection and nearly cinching in a guillotine choke in the final second.