Antônio Silva (19-15, 17) was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil on September 14, 1979. At the age of 25 years on March 6, 2005, he made his professional MMA debut against Tengiz Tedoradze, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On May 26, 2012, 32-year old Antônio Silva made his UFC debut on his 20th professional MMA fight at UFC 146 against a 29-year old Cain Velasquez but lost the fight via TKO in the 1st round.
Silva's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Salim El Ouassaidi at age 43 on June 10, 2023. He is on a 8-fight losing streak.
He has fought 11 times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins, 7 losses and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Antônio Silva's best fights have been against Travis Browne, Soa Palelei, Fedor Emelianenko, Yoshihiro Nakao, Wesley Correira, Justin Eilers and Jim York. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Antônio Silva".
Silva has 15 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Antônio Silva Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Jun 10, 2023 43 years, 8 months 19-15 (17) | Salim El Ouassaidi | HW | 3 | UD | Loss | |
34  | Jun 24, 2022 42 years, 9 months 19-14 (17) | 30 years, 5 months 14-1 (10) | HW | 2 | KO | Loss Punch | |
33 | Jun 13, 2021 41 years, 8 months 19-13 (17) | Quentin Domingos | HW | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
32  | Jun 2, 2017 37 years, 8 months 19-12 (17) | 32 years, 3 months 19-0 (17) | HW | 2 | KO | Loss Punches | |
31 | Nov 18, 2016 37 years, 2 months 19-11 (17) | Ivan Shtyrkov | HW | 3 | UD | Loss | |
30  | Sep 24, 2016 37 years 19-10 (17) | 40 years, 3 months 21-13 (18) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | Loss Punches |
29  | May 8, 2016 36 years, 7 months 19-9 (17) | 28 years, 2 months 26-8 (23) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Loss Elbows |
28  | Nov 15, 2015 36 years, 2 months 19-8 (17) | 41 years, 7 months 10-10-1 (7) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
27  | Aug 1, 2015 35 years, 10 months 19-7 (17) | 38 years 22-4 (22) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
26  | Feb 22, 2015 35 years, 5 months 18-7 (16) | 35 years, 8 months 16-9 (9) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Loss Elbows |
25  | Sep 13, 2014 34 years, 11 months 18-6 (16) | 35 years, 7 months 22-10 (18) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Loss Punches |
24 | Dec 7, 2013 34 years, 2 months 18-5 (16) | 39 years, 8 months 9-8 (6) | UFC | HW | 5 | NC | NC Overturned |
23  | May 25, 2013 33 years, 8 months 18-5 (16) | 30 years, 9 months 11-1 (9) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches For UFC heavyweight title |
22  | Feb 2, 2013 33 years, 4 months 18-4 (16) | 32 years, 8 months 36-11 (34) | UFC | HW | 3 | KO | Win Punches |
21  | Oct 5, 2012 33 years 17-4 (15) | 30 years, 2 months 13-0-1 (11) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
20 | May 26, 2012 32 years, 8 months 16-4 (14) | 29 years, 9 months 9-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
19  | Sep 10, 2011 31 years, 11 months 16-3 (14) | 32 years, 5 months 8-0 (6) | Strikeforce | HW | 1 | KO | Loss Punches |
18  | Feb 12, 2011 31 years, 4 months 16-2 (14) | 34 years, 4 months 31-2 (24) | Strikeforce | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage |
17  | Dec 4, 2010 31 years, 2 months 15-2 (13) | 30 years, 8 months 18-7-1 (15) | Strikeforce | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
16 | May 15, 2010 30 years, 8 months 14-2 (12) | 31 years, 3 months 15-7 (14) | Strikeforce | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
15  | Nov 7, 2009 30 years, 1 months 13-2 (12) | 32 years, 3 months 12-4-1 (11) | Strikeforce | HW | 3 | UD | Loss |
14  | Sep 23, 2009 30 years 13-1 (12) | 33 years, 6 months 11-2 (11) | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke | |
13  | Jan 4, 2009 29 years, 3 months 12-1 (11) | 36 years, 6 months 7-1 (5) | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Knee injury | |
12  | Jul 26, 2008 28 years, 10 months 11-1 (10) | 30 years 19-6-1 (18) | EliteXC | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Knees and punches |
11  | Feb 16, 2008 28 years, 5 months 10-1 (9) | 30 years, 5 months 28-7 (24) | EliteXC | HW | 3 | SD | Win |
10 | Nov 10, 2007 28 years, 1 months 9-1 (9) | Jonathan Wiezorek | EliteXC | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
9  | Feb 10, 2007 27 years, 4 months 8-1 (8) | 28 years, 2 months 18-11 (16) | EliteXC | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
8  | Dec 2, 2006 27 years, 2 months 7-1 (7) | 37 years, 1 month 9-2 (7) | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
7 | Oct 9, 2006 27 years 7-0 (7) | Georgy Kaysinov | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punch | |
6  | May 3, 2006 26 years, 7 months 6-0 (6) | 41 years, 9 months 9-2-1 (8) | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
5 | Mar 25, 2006 26 years, 6 months 5-0 (5) | Tadas Rimkevicius | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches Defended Cage Warriors Super heavyweight title | |
4 | Nov 26, 2005 26 years, 2 months 4-0 (4) | Ruben Villareal | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches Won Cage Warriors Super heavyweight title | |
3 | Jul 2, 2005 25 years, 9 months 3-0 (3) | Rafael Carino | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Corner stoppage | |
2 | May 21, 2005 25 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | Marcus Tchinda | 1 | TKO | Win Submission to punches | ||
1 | Mar 6, 2005 25 years, 5 months 1-0 (1) | Tengiz Tedoradze | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
