Rafael Silva
UFC DebutNickname“The Machine”
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Guimaraes
- Born
- Portugal
- Camp
- RS Team
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Rafael 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
527-363-17
.592 win rate
Winning-record opponents
20 of 42
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
58
42 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 58 bouts · 33 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 22 sub · 11 decWUFC · KO · OC · WOP · EVT 5 +28
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Stanislav Molodcov10-8-1 | Submission | Omoplata | R1 | 1:02 | Industrials | Oct 29, 2016 |
| L | Makhmud Muradov29-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | XFN | Jun 12, 2016 |
| L | Luis Santos65-12-1 | KO/TKO | Knee and Soccer Kicks | R1 | 1:17 | ONE | Feb 20, 2016 |
| W | Abdulmajid Magomedov9-3 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:10 | MFP | Nov 28, 2015 |
| L | Michal Pasternak17-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | One FC 24 | Dec 19, 2014 |
| L | Tatsuya Mizuno27-16-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | One FC 11 | Oct 18, 2013 |
| W | Pavel Kusch23-8 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:28 | Tech-Krep FC | Mar 2, 2013 |
| W | Bohumil Lungrik18-23 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 0:00 | MMAA | Sep 30, 2012 |
| W | Gutsul Stas0-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:57 | WUFC | Aug 18, 2012 |
| W | Alexander Tokarev | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:40 | WUFC | Aug 18, 2012 |
| W | Islam Gugov5-5-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BOC | Dec 2, 2011 |
| W | Ivo Rodrigo | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 0:00 | NOWC | Nov 1, 2011 |
| W | Mike Wiatko | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:01 | WUFC | Aug 27, 2011 |
| L | Jess Liaudin20-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | 10th Legion | Mar 13, 2011 |
| W | Sebastien Borcard | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:30 | WUFC | Nov 13, 2010 |
| W | Martin Lavin | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 10:00 | WUFC | Sep 4, 2010 |
| W | Bagautdin Sharaputdinov | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 10:00 | WUFC | Sep 4, 2010 |
| L | Beslan Isaev40-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | GFP | Jun 10, 2010 |
| L | Tor Troeng16-7-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R3 | 2:44 | Superior Challenge 5 | May 1, 2010 |
| W | Bruno Silva7-12-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 10:00 | WUFC | Aug 22, 2009 |
| W | Martin Lavin | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 10:00 | WUFC | Aug 22, 2009 |
| L | Other | — | R0 | 0:00 | FCF 8 | Mar 21, 2009 | |
| W | Sergio Estella | Submission | Armbar | R0 | 0:00 | EA | Mar 7, 2009 |
| L | Sergey Kornev | DQ | Smothering | R1 | 4:29 | WUFC | Aug 22, 2008 |
| W | Jaroslav Poborsky27-50-1 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:50 | WUFC | Jul 5, 2008 |
| W | Wanderson Silva8-15 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AW 3 | Jun 15, 2008 |
| L | Andre Reinders17-12-3 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 0:00 | HC 1 | May 3, 2008 |
| W | Giulliano Pereira0-3 | Submission | Choke | R1 | 0:00 | AW 2 | Feb 24, 2008 |
| W | Juan Carlos Portillo | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | CF | Feb 23, 2008 |
| L | Vener Galiev37-15 | Decision | — | R3 | 5:00 | SOP | Dec 7, 2007 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | KO | Jan 27, 2007 | |
| L | Valdas Pocevicius34-35-4 | Decision | — | R2 | 5:00 | FOP | Dec 2, 2006 |
| W | Vasily Krilov | Submission | Rear Naked Choke | R1 | 0:00 | WUFC | Nov 25, 2006 |
| W | Kristian Lexell8-5 | Submission | Ankle Lock | R1 | 4:01 | EVT 7 | Oct 21, 2006 |
| W | Decision | — | R0 | 0:00 | WUFC | Aug 19, 2006 | |
| W | Lalashov Zakir2-3 | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | WUFC | Jun 5, 2006 |
| W | Djamel Moula1-3-1 | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | WUFC | May 13, 2006 |
| W | Leonardo Pelucio | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:00 | OC | Apr 14, 2006 |
| W | Alex M0-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | OC | Apr 14, 2006 |
| W | Vladimir Shemarov13-12 | Decision | — | R2 | 5:00 | WOP | Dec 3, 2005 |
| L | KO/TKO | Cut | R3 | 3:30 | UKMMAC 13 | Nov 27, 2005 | |
| L | Grzegorz Jakubowski20-6-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | EVT 5 | Oct 8, 2005 |
| W | Mika Ilmen3-8 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:45 | EVT 5 | Oct 8, 2005 |
| W | Hassan Machmach0-1 | Submission | — | R1 | 0:00 | WUFC | Sep 10, 2005 |
| L | Decision | — | R0 | 0:00 | WFP | Jul 16, 2005 | |
| W | Gyll Devlin | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | WFP | Jul 16, 2005 |
| W | Other | — | R0 | 0:00 | WUFC | Dec 11, 2004 | |
| W | Dmitry Vaschenko | Submission | Armbar | R0 | — | WOP | Dec 4, 2004 |
| L | Antonio Tello7-2 | Decision | — | R2 | 0:00 | KO | Jul 24, 2004 |
| W | Submission | — | R1 | 0:00 | SVT | Jun 26, 2004 | |
| W | Vasily Krilov | Other | — | R0 | 0:00 | COC | Apr 3, 2004 |
| W | Toni Vivas3-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R0 | 0:00 | CDM | Jan 10, 2004 |
| W | Hugo Aires0-1 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | WUFC | Jul 20, 2003 |
| W | Simao Pereira | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | PDB | Jul 14, 2003 |
| W | Jorge Abreu1-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R0 | 0:00 | PDB | Jul 14, 2003 |
| W | Leonardi Adami1-1 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | WUFC | Jul 25, 2002 |
| W | Patrick Lebreton2-7 | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | WUFC | Jul 25, 2002 |
| W | Patrick Lebreton2-7 | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | CDM | Mar 12, 2002 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.