Rafael Silva
UFC DebutNickname“Sonic”
Record
Streak
L3
- Fighting out of
- Guaruja, Sao Paulo
- Born
- Brazil
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 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
89-45-1
.664 win rate
Winning-record opponents
8 of 9
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
16
9 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 16 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 3 subAPM · ImpactForce · BFS 8 · SFT 26 · SFT 19 +7
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Dom Moyal | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:00 | APM | Aug 14, 2022 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | APM | Jun 26, 2022 | |
| L | Jairo Pacheco | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 4:32 | BFS 8 | Apr 16, 2022 |
| W | Higor Fernandes | KO/TKO | Punch | R3 | 0:59 | APM | Mar 6, 2022 |
| L | Moacir Rocha14-10-1 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R3 | 0:57 | SFT 26 | Dec 5, 2020 |
| W | Jose Rafael Santos | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 3:00 | SFT 19 | Dec 21, 2019 |
| L | Italo Gomes13-7 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:34 | Jungle Fight 95 | Sep 28, 2019 |
| W | Bruno Silva4-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:23 | MF | May 3, 2019 |
| L | Mauricio Ruffy13-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 1:08 | SFT 8 | Dec 15, 2018 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:41 | SFT 4 | Aug 25, 2018 | |
| W | Wanderley Rocha Marques | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:41 | ImpactForce | Dec 9, 2017 |
| L | Edson Junior6-8 | KO/TKO | Leg Kicks | R1 | 1:58 | Pinda Fight | Nov 18, 2017 |
| W | Vitor Morais8-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:57 | ImpactForce | Sep 16, 2017 |
| W | Alexander Nascimento | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:59 | ImpactForce | Feb 11, 2017 |
| L | Erivan Pereira19-3 | KO/TKO | Knees and Punches | R1 | 4:31 | Jungle Fight 88 | Jun 25, 2016 |
| W | Alberto Irejo | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:59 | AFC MMA | Oct 17, 2015 |
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.