Helisom Cruz da Silva
UFC DebutNickname“Nego Velho”
Record
Streak
L15
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Milithai
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 6'2" · 188 cm
Before the UFC
Helisom Cruz da Silva makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
292-178-2
.621 win rate
Winning-record opponents
12 of 16
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
25
16 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 25 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 2 subCFC · TFC · LFC · Intense Fight Championship · Desafio +14
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Marcio de Sousa | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 0:58 | CFC | Nov 22, 2025 |
| L | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 2:00 | CFC | Aug 23, 2025 | |
| L | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 2:00 | TFC | Dec 2, 2023 | |
| L | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:22 | Fight Leste | Jul 22, 2023 | |
| L | Marcio Garcez | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 2:38 | LFC | Jul 15, 2023 |
| L | Luis Carlos Alves | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:28 | Collision Fight Champions - | Jun 11, 2023 |
| L | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:44 | Arena Global | Jun 10, 2023 | |
| L | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 2:15 | TFC | May 13, 2023 | |
| L | Luis Felipe Dias18-5 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:28 | LFC | Feb 11, 2023 |
| L | Taffarel Brasil24-15 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:41 | Intense Fight Championship | Sep 25, 2022 |
| L | Vitor Gaia | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 0:50 | Desafio | Sep 3, 2022 |
| L | Alex Oliveira26-18-1 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 0:36 | SFFN 9 | Aug 13, 2022 |
| L | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 4:30 | AFG | Jul 30, 2022 | |
| L | Oton Jasse22-11 | Submission | Anaconda Choke | R1 | 2:16 | MMA Brutus | Jun 25, 2022 |
| L | Tiago Monaco Tosato40-20 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:44 | Desafio | May 21, 2022 |
| W | Eduardo Silva11-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:40 | Intense Fight Championship | Mar 27, 2022 |
| L | Willian Barbosa | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 2:43 | O Rei da Luta | Mar 12, 2022 |
| L | Eduardo Terencio | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 1:20 | LBS Challenger | Dec 12, 2021 |
| L | Gabriel Barreiro16-9 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:50 | BFS 3 | Nov 21, 2021 |
| L | Guilherme Lins Nogueira | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:00 | Braga Pro | Feb 20, 2021 |
| L | Leonardo Agra | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | FK MMA | Apr 13, 2019 |
| L | Joilton Lutterbach42-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:12 | XFMMA | Nov 17, 2018 |
| L | Joilton Lutterbach42-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:38 | Full Fight 1 | Jun 11, 2017 |
| L | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:05 | ZFC | Oct 16, 2016 | |
| W | Alessandro Souza Barreto | Submission | Rear Naked Choke | R1 | 4:17 | ZFC | Jul 30, 2016 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.