Antonio Silva

"Bigfoot"

AGE	46 / Sep 14, 1979
HEIGHT	6'4" / 193.04 cm
WEIGHT	264 lbs / 119.75 kg

ASSOCIATION
American Top Team

CLASS
Heavyweight

Wins 19

KO / TKO

79%

SUBMISSIONS

11%

DECISIONS

11%

Draws 1

Losses 15

KO / TKO

80%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

20%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Salim El Ouassaidi	Kingdom Fighting - Kingdom 1: Silva vs. El Ouassaidi Jun / 10 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Loic Pora	3	5:00
loss	Oleg Popov	MMA Series 53 - MMA Series Russia Jun / 24 / 2022	KO	2	0:15
loss	Quentin Domingos	Megdan Fighting 9 - Under the Bright Sky Jun / 13 / 2021	TKO (Punches)	2	0:00
loss	Vitaly Minakov	FNG - Fight Nights Global 68 Jun / 02 / 2017	KO (Punches) Herb Dean	2	1:37
loss	Ivan Shtyrkov	Titov Boxing Promotion - Shtyrkov vs. Silva Nov / 18 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Dmitry Vorotnikov	3	5:00
loss	Roy Nelson	UFC Fight Night 95 - Cyborg vs. Lansberg Sep / 24 / 2016	KO (Punches) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	4:10
loss	Stefan Struve	UFC Fight Night 87 - Overeem vs. Arlovski May / 08 / 2016	KO (Elbows) Leon Roberts VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	0:16
loss	Mark Hunt	UFC 193 - Rousey vs. Holm Nov / 14 / 2015	TKO (Punches) John Sharp VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:41
win	Soa Palelei	UFC 190 - Rousey vs. Correia Aug / 01 / 2015	TKO (Punches) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	0:41
loss	Frank Mir	UFC Fight Night 61 - Bigfoot vs. Mir Feb / 22 / 2015	KO (Elbows) Mario Yamasaki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:40
loss	Andrei Arlovski	UFC Fight Night 51 - Bigfoot vs. Arlovski 2 Sep / 13 / 2014	KO (Punches) Jerin Valel VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:59
draw	Mark Hunt	UFC Fight Night 33 - Hunt vs. Bigfoot Dec / 07 / 2013	Draw (Majority) Steve Perceval VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
loss	Cain Velasquez	UFC 160 - Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2 May / 25 / 2013	TKO (Punches) Mario Yamasaki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:21
win	Alistair Overeem	UFC 156 - Aldo vs. Edgar Feb / 02 / 2013	KO (Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	0:25
win	Travis Browne	UFC on FX 5 - Browne vs. Bigfoot Oct / 05 / 2012	TKO (Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:27
loss	Cain Velasquez	UFC 146 - Dos Santos vs. Mir May / 26 / 2012	TKO (Punches) Josh Rosenthal VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:36
loss	Daniel Cormier	Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Kharitonov Sep / 10 / 2011	KO (Punches) Greg Franklin VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:56
win	Fedor Emelianenko	Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Silva Feb / 12 / 2011	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Dan Miragliotta VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	5:00
win	Mike Kyle	Strikeforce - Henderson vs. Babalu 2 Dec / 04 / 2010	TKO (Punches) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:49
win	Andrei Arlovski	Strikeforce - Heavy Artillery May / 15 / 2010	Decision (Unanimous) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Fabricio Werdum	Strikeforce / M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Rogers Nov / 07 / 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Todd Frederickson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Jim Yorke	Sengoku - Tenth Battle Sep / 23 / 2009	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Ryogaku Wada VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:51
win	Yoshihiro Nakao	Sengoku - No Ran 2009 Jan / 04 / 2009	TKO (Knee Injury) Tomoki Matsumiya VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:42
win	Justin Eilers	EliteXC - Unfinished Business Jul / 26 / 2008	TKO (Knees and Punches) Herb Dean	2	0:19
win	Ricco Rodriguez	EliteXC - Street Certified Feb / 16 / 2008	Decision (Split) Jorge Ortiz	3	5:00
win	Jonathan Wiezorek	EliteXC - Renegade Nov / 10 / 2007	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Kerry Hatley	1	3:12
win	Wesley Correira	EliteXC - Destiny Feb / 10 / 2007	TKO (Punches) Steve Mazzagatti	1	3:49
loss	Eric Pele	Bodog Fight - USA vs. Russia Dec / 02 / 2006	TKO (Punches)	1	2:40
win	Georgy Kaysinov	K-1 - Hero's 7 Oct / 09 / 2006	KO (Punch) Akira Okabayashi	1	1:08
win	Tom Erikson	K-1 - Hero's 5 May / 03 / 2006	TKO (Punches) Ryogaku Wada	1	2:49
win	Tadas Rimkevicius	CWFC - Cage Warriors 21: Strike Force 5 Mar / 25 / 2006	TKO (Punches)	1	3:22
win	Ruben Villareal	CWFC - Cage Warriors 17: Strike Force 4 Nov / 26 / 2005	TKO (Punches)	1	3:07
win	Rafael Carino	Cage Rage 12 - The Real Deal Jul / 02 / 2005	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	2:55
win	Marcus Tchinda	CWFC - Cage Warriors 12: Strike Force May / 21 / 2005	TKO (Submission to Punches)	1	3:03
win	Tengiz Tedoradze	UKMMAC 10 - Slugfest Mar / 06 / 2005	TKO (Punches)	1	1:14

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO EXHIBITION

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
draw	Juan Espino	LD - La Despedida Mar / 23 / 2024	Decision Bentejui Santana	3	5:00

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