Rafael Silva
UFC DebutNickname“Morcego”
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Lages, Santa Catarina
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Astra Fight Team
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'7" · 170 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
StrongOpponents' combined record
403-197-14
.672 win rate
Winning-record opponents
18 of 25
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
39
25 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 39 bouts · 21 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 15 sub · 8 decPancrase · Bellator · NCF · Nitrix · AFC +16
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Vicente Vargas24-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:14 | UAE Warriors 48 | Mar 3, 2024 |
| L | Shoko Sato38-17-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:30 | ONE | Oct 13, 2019 |
| W | Yuto Hokamura16-16-2 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R2 | 1:54 | Pancrase | Jul 21, 2019 |
| W | Kenta Takizawa15-13 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:22 | Pancrase | Mar 17, 2019 |
| W | Masakatsu Ueda26-6-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 20, 2018 |
| L | Shintaro Ishiwatari26-9-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 28, 2017 |
| W | Victor Henry25-7 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Nov 13, 2016 |
| W | Masakatsu Ueda26-6-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jul 24, 2016 |
| W | Shohei Masumizu11-3 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:58 | Pancrase | Mar 13, 2016 |
| W | Ruben Hernandez Parra | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:47 | TBF | Jan 9, 2016 |
| W | Jeferson Vieira da Silva | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 1:25 | XFCI | Dec 5, 2015 |
| W | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 4:03 | AFC | Sep 12, 2015 | |
| L | Darrion Caldwell15-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | May 15, 2015 |
| W | Robert Emerson21-15 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | Oct 3, 2014 |
| L | Joe Warren15-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Bellator | May 2, 2014 |
| W | Anthony Leone17-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | Oct 4, 2013 |
| W | Rodrigo Lima | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 2:03 | Bellator | Jul 31, 2013 |
| W | Fabio Abreu4-10 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 3:01 | Sparta | Sep 29, 2012 |
| W | Luciano Aranha0-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:56 | CFN | Jun 17, 2012 |
| W | Mauricio da Silva | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 0:07 | EF | May 19, 2012 |
| W | Saulo Silva | KO/TKO | Superman Punch | R1 | 1:15 | CFN | Mar 31, 2012 |
| W | Diego Davella21-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:52 | NCF | Feb 11, 2012 |
| W | Wagner Noronha | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | AFC | Oct 8, 2011 |
| W | KO/TKO | Elbows | R1 | 1:04 | OMMA | Oct 1, 2011 | |
| W | Tiago Silva | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:52 | OMMA | Oct 1, 2011 |
| W | Jonatan Feitosa Pinto | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 2:42 | CMMA | Jul 9, 2011 |
| W | Ozeias Costa | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FHB | Jun 25, 2011 |
| W | Rogerio Goncalves Menna | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:46 | WFC 5 | Jun 11, 2011 |
| L | Diego Davella21-8-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:33 | NCF | Feb 19, 2011 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:38 | CMMA | Jan 15, 2011 | |
| W | Fabio Nunes | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 2:04 | CFC | Nov 20, 2010 |
| W | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 0:00 | BTF | Aug 14, 2010 | |
| W | Joilson Leite | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:53 | NCF | May 15, 2010 |
| W | David Bad Boy | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:40 | Nitrix | Feb 6, 2010 |
| W | John Lineker37-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | WC | Dec 30, 2009 |
| W | KO/TKO | Retirement | R2 | 0:00 | Nitrix | Nov 14, 2009 | |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:00 | Nitrix | May 16, 2009 | |
| L | Marcio Furlin | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | FF | Apr 29, 2006 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:36 | XC | Jun 5, 2005 |
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.