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Bantamweight MMA · 2010s

Rafael Silva

31–8 · 39 recorded bouts · 2005–2024

Rafael Silva finished 74% of 31 wins inside the distance — the 64th percentile for bantamweight MMA, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height67″ (170.2 cm)
Stance
DivisionBantamweight MMA
Peak era2010s
CountryBrazil

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Rafael Silva, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Wallid Wallid (2005)loss vs Marcio Furlin (2006)win vs John Lineker (2009)win vs Wagner Mexicano (2009)loss vs Alessandro Cordeiro (2009)win vs Fabio Nunes (2010)win vs Edson da Silva (2010)win vs Joilson Costelinha (2010)win vs David Bad Boy (2010)win vs Wagner Noronha (2011)win vs Fernando Giacometti (2011)win vs Jonatan Feitosa (2011)win vs Ozeias Costa (2011)win vs Rogerio Goncalves Menna (2011)loss vs Diego D'Avila (2011)win vs Erikson Lima (2011)win vs Fabio Selim (2012)win vs Luciano Aranha (2012)win vs Mauricio da Silva (2012)win vs Saulo Silva (2012)win vs Diego D'Avila (2012)win vs Anthony Leone (2013)win vs Rodrigo Lima (2013)win vs Rob Emerson (2014)loss vs Joe Warren (2014)win vs Jeferson Vieira da Silva (2015)win vs Derinaldo Guerra (2015)loss vs Darrion Caldwell (2015)win vs Victor Henry (2016)win vs Masakatsu Ueda (2016)win vs Shohei Masumizu (2016)win vs Ruben Hernandez Parra (2016)loss vs Shintaro Ishiwatari (2017)win vs Masakatsu Ueda (2018)loss vs Shoko Sato (2019)win vs Yuto Hokamura (2019)win vs Kenta Takizawa (2019)loss vs Vicente Vargas (2024)
winlossdraw / NC2005–2024

Record

MMA record

31–8

39 bouts on record

Finish rate

74%

of wins ended inside the distance — bantamweight MMA median 68%, 64th percentile

KO/TKO: 8 (26%)Submission: 15 (48%)Decision: 8 (26%)
  • KO/TKO 26%
  • Submission 48%
  • Decision 26%

The career, bout by bout

39 recorded bouts from 2005 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

20y

2005–2024

Longest unbeaten run

9

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2011

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

39

38 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2024 L Vicente Vargas KO/TKO3
2019 L Shoko Sato KO/TKO2
2019 W Yuto Hokamura Submission2
2019 W Kenta Takizawa Submission1
2018 W Masakatsu Ueda Decision5
2017 L Shintaro Ishiwatari Decision5
2016 W Victor Henry Decision3
2016 W Masakatsu Ueda Decision3
2016 W Shohei Masumizu Submission1
2016 W Ruben Hernandez Parra Submission1
2015 W Jeferson Vieira da Silva Submission2
2015 W Derinaldo Guerra Submission1
2015 L Darrion Caldwell Decision3
2014 W Rob Emerson Decision3
2014 L Joe Warren Decision5
2013 W Anthony Leone Decision3
2013 W Rodrigo Lima Submission3
2012 W Fabio Selim Submission3
2012 W Luciano Aranha KO/TKO1
2012 W Mauricio da Silva KO/TKO1
2012 W Saulo Silva KO/TKO1
2012 W Diego D'Avila KO/TKO1
2011 W Wagner Noronha Decision3
2011 W Fernando Giacometti KO/TKO1
2011 W Jonatan Feitosa Submission3
2011 W Ozeias Costa Decision3
2011 W Rogerio Goncalves Menna Submission1
2011 L Diego D'Avila Submission1
2011 W Erikson Lima Submission1
2010 W Fabio Nunes Submission1
2010 W Edson da Silva Submission1
2010 W Joilson Costelinha Submission1
2010 W David Bad Boy Submission1
2009 W John Lineker Decision3
2009 W Wagner Mexicano KO/TKO2
2009 L Alessandro Cordeiro KO/TKO2
2006 L Marcio Furlin Decision3
2005 W Wallid Wallid KO/TKO1
W Tiago Silva KO/TKO

9 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 186 bantamweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Rafael Silva (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-23. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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