Overview
- The flyweight bout opened the main card at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
- Official tallies were split at 29-28, 28-29, 30-27 per Cageside Press, while another outlet listed different numbers, though the split-decision result was the same.
- Silva drove the action with steady pressure as Johnson countered and surged late in a close three-round contest.
- The victory moved Johnson to 8-6 in the UFC and marked his second win in his last three fights.
- Post-fight, Johnson called for Brandon Royval or ranked names such as Kyoji Horiguchi or Asu Almabayaev, and later said on X that a pre-fight foot injury limited his movement.