Wanderlei Silva (35-14-1, 28) was born in Curitiba, Brazil on July 3, 1976. At the age of 20 years on November 1, 1996, he made his professional MMA debut against Dilson Filho, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On October 16, 1998, 22-year old Wanderlei Silva made his UFC debut on his 7th professional MMA fight at UFC Brazil against a 21-year old Vitor Belfort but lost the fight via TKO in the 1st round.
Silva's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Quinton Jackson at Bellator 206 at age 42 on September 29, 2018. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 12 times in the UFC, and has a record of 5 wins and 7 losses in the promotion.
Some of Wanderlei Silva's best fights have been against Kazushi Sakuraba, Hiromitsu Kanehara, Quinton Jackson, Kiyoshi Tamura, Keith Jardine, Ricardo Arona and Brian Stann.
Silva has 14 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51  | Sep 29, 2018 42 years, 2 months 35-14-1 (28) | 40 years, 3 months 37-13 (23) | Bellator | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
50  | Jun 24, 2017 40 years, 11 months 35-13-1 (28) | 40 years, 2 months 29-15-1 (12) | Bellator | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
49  | Mar 3, 2013 36 years, 8 months 35-12-1 (28) | 32 years, 5 months 12-5 (10) | UFC | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
48  | Jun 23, 2012 35 years, 11 months 34-12-1 (27) | 37 years, 8 months 28-6 (25) | UFC | MD | 5 | UD | LOSS |
47 | Nov 20, 2011 35 years, 4 months 34-11-1 (27) | Cung Le | UFC | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Knees and punches |
46  | Jul 2, 2011 34 years, 11 months 33-11-1 (26) | 30 years, 11 months 21-8 (16) | UFC | MD | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches |
45 | Feb 21, 2010 33 years, 7 months 33-10-1 (26) | Michael Bisping | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
44 | Jun 13, 2009 32 years, 11 months 32-10-1 (26) | 34 years, 8 months 26-4 (24) | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
43 | Dec 27, 2008 32 years, 5 months 32-9-1 (26) | 30 years, 6 months 28-7 (20) | UFC | MD | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
42  | May 24, 2008 31 years, 10 months 32-8-1 (26) | 32 years, 6 months 14-3-1 (9) | UFC | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
41  | Dec 29, 2007 31 years, 5 months 31-8-1 (25) | 38 years 20-5 (14) | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
40  | Feb 24, 2007 30 years, 7 months 31-7-1 (25) | 36 years, 6 months 21-5 (9) | Pride | MD | 3 | KO | LOSS Punches Lost Pride middleweight title |
39  | Sep 10, 2006 30 years, 2 months 31-6-1 (25) | 32 years 19-4-2 (16) | Pride | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Head kick |
38  | Jul 1, 2006 29 years, 11 months 31-5-1 (25) | 35 years, 8 months 13-4 (10) | Pride | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches and soccer kicks |
37  | Dec 31, 2005 29 years, 5 months 30-5-1 (24) | 27 years, 5 months 12-3 (4) | Pride | MD | 3 | SD | WIN Defended Pride middleweight title |
36 | Aug 28, 2005 29 years, 1 months 29-5-1 (24) | 27 years, 1 months 11-2 (4) | Pride | MD | 2 | UD | LOSS |
35  | Jun 26, 2005 28 years, 11 months 29-4-1 (24) | 25 years, 11 months 6-3 (2) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
34  | Apr 23, 2005 28 years, 9 months 28-4-1 (23) | 35 years, 7 months 4-2-1 (3) | Pride | MD | 3 | SD | WIN |
33  | Dec 31, 2004 28 years, 5 months 27-4-1 (23) | 30 years, 9 months 1-1 (1) | Pride | MD | 3 | SD | LOSS |
32 | Oct 31, 2004 28 years, 3 months 27-3-1 (23) | 26 years, 4 months 21-4 (17) | Pride | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Knees Defended Pride middleweight title |
31  | Aug 15, 2004 28 years, 1 months 26-3-1 (22) | 29 years 42-13-5 (29) | Pride | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Stomps |
30  | Feb 15, 2004 27 years, 7 months 25-3-1 (21) | 28 years, 1 months 23-18-8 (18) | Pride | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
29 | Nov 9, 2003 27 years, 4 months 24-3-1 (20) | 25 years, 4 months 19-3 (15) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees |
28 | Nov 9, 2003 27 years, 4 months 23-3-1 (19) | 34 years, 2 months 3-0 (2) | Pride | MD | 2 | UD | WIN |
27  | Aug 10, 2003 27 years, 1 months 22-3-1 (19) | 34 years 14-6-1 (10) | Pride | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
26  | Nov 24, 2002 26 years, 4 months 21-3-1 (18) | 32 years, 1 months 17-9-1 (10) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage Defended Pride middleweight title |
25 | Aug 28, 2002 26 years, 1 months 20-3-1 (17) | Tatsuya Iwasaki | Pride | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Head kick and punches |
24 | Apr 28, 2002 25 years, 9 months 19-3-1 (16) | 27 years, 7 months 2-0-1 (2) | Pride | HW | 5 | UD | DRAW Time limit |
23  | Feb 24, 2002 25 years, 7 months 19-3 (16) | 32 years, 2 months 23-8-3 (17) | Pride | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Punch Defended Pride middleweight title |
22  | Dec 23, 2001 25 years, 5 months 18-3 (15) | 30 years, 5 months 2-8 (2) | Pride | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage |
21 | Nov 3, 2001 25 years, 4 months 17-3 (14) | 32 years, 3 months 13-3-1 (9) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage Won Pride middleweight title |
20  | May 27, 2001 24 years, 10 months 16-3 (13) | 27 years, 1 months 1-1 (1) | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
19 | Mar 25, 2001 24 years, 8 months 15-3 (12) | 31 years, 8 months 12-2-1 (8) | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees and soccer kicks |
18 | Dec 23, 2000 24 years, 5 months 14-3 (11) | 30 years, 3 months 9-0 (2) | Pride | LHW | 2 | UD | WIN |
17  | Oct 31, 2000 24 years, 3 months 13-3 (11) | 24 years, 4 months 23-5 (23) | Pride | HW | 1 | NC | NC Yvel kicked in groin |
16  | Aug 27, 2000 24 years, 1 months 13-3 (11) | 32 years, 7 months 24-9-2 (11) | Pride | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
15 | Aug 12, 2000 24 years, 1 months 12-3 (10) | Todd Medina | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Knees | |
14  | Apr 14, 2000 23 years, 9 months 11-3 (9) | 25 years, 2 months 4-2 (4) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC light-heavyweight title Vacant |
13  | Jan 30, 2000 23 years, 6 months 11-2 (9) | 34 years, 10 months 14-7 (14) | Pride | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
12  | Nov 21, 1999 23 years, 4 months 10-2 (8) | 26 years, 11 months 1-1-2 (0) | Pride | LHW | 2 | UD | WIN |
11  | Sep 12, 1999 23 years, 2 months 9-2 (8) | 29 years, 7 months 1-1 (0) | Pride | LHW | 2 | UD | WIN |
10 | May 7, 1999 22 years, 10 months 8-2 (8) | Tony Petarra | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Knee |
9  | Apr 27, 1999 22 years, 9 months 7-2 (7) | 32 years, 7 months 9-2-1 (7) | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
8 | Jan 20, 1999 22 years, 6 months 6-2 (6) | Adrian Serrano | 1 | KO | WIN Punches and soccer kick | ||
7  | Oct 16, 1998 22 years, 3 months 5-2 (5) | 21 years, 6 months 5-1 (5) | UFC | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
6  | Aug 23, 1998 22 years, 1 months 5-1 (5) | 33 years, 2 months 4-0 (4) | 1 | KO | WIN Punch and soccer kick | ||
5 | Sep 15, 1997 21 years, 2 months 4-1 (4) | Artur Mariano | Pride | 1 | TKO | LOSS Doctor stoppage | |
4 | Sep 15, 1997 21 years, 2 months 4-0 (4) | Egidio da Costa | Pride | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
3 | Sep 15, 1997 21 years, 2 months 3-0 (3) | Sean Bormet | Pride | 1 | KO | WIN Kick | |
2 | Jul 1, 1997 20 years, 11 months 2-0 (2) | Marcelao Barbosa | 1 | TKO | WIN Shoulder injury | ||
1 | Nov 1, 1996 20 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Dilson Filho | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
