Josh Silveira needs the entire smoke.
Silveira returns to motion tonight (Fri., June 21, 2024) at PFL 5 towards 2022 PFL Gentle Heavyweight champion Rob Wilkinson in hopes of securing a spot within the 2024 PFL playoffs, which is able to happen within the Huntsman Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah.
Silveira is coming off a first-round, 74-second end of 2022 PFL Welterweight champion Sadibou Sy at PFL 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sy dislocated his thumb, leading to a TKO.
The 2024 Skilled Fighters League Gentle Heavyweight division is probably the most stacked it has ever been, as 5 PFL champions reside in it: Wilkinson (2022), Sy (2022), Antonio Carlos Jr. (2021), Impa Kasaganay (2023), and Jakob Nedoh (2023—European).
Silveira hopes to beat two extra, main him to a $1,000,00 championship.
“Life works in a bizarre approach, and God works in unusual methods. Final 12 months wasn’t my 12 months to win it, however perhaps it is this 12 months for me to go beat earlier champions- do one thing that hasn’t been finished earlier than,” Silveira mentioned throughout PFL 5 media day. “Simply think about, I beat 4 earlier champions to win the belt. If God would have advised me that final 12 months, I’d have been calm about shedding the finals. We do not know what the long run holds, however that is what the course appears like. Sadibou was a champion, though it was 170 lbs. Rob is a champion. We’ll discover out Friday night time if I’ve to battle any extra champions.”
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Silveira advised MMAMania.com he actually hopes to face Carlos Jr. within the finals. Carlos Jr. is Silveria’s important coaching associate and buddy, and his dad, who co-founded the enduring American High Group, is their head coach.
The 30-year-old is second within the PFL Gentle Heavyweight standings with six factors.
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