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The Clinch

Brazil “Bigfoot” 2007-2016 · 37 rounds on file

Antonio Silva

10-9-1 W-L-D in this database

Antonio Silva, photograph by MMA Fight - Official
Strike accuracy 423/928
Takedown accuracy 8/27
Sig. strikes / round 11.4
Control / round 0:38
Inside the distance 80% 8 of 10 wins
Height
6′4″193 cm
Reach
82″208.3 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4714 SEP 1979
Listed weight
264 lb119.8 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 20 fights - 2.2 takedown attempts and 15% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 9 3-6-0 vs 1616 avg
Positional Controller 5 2-3-0
Submission Grappler 4 1-3-0
Striking 7 4-2-1 vs 1557 avg
Distance Striker 4 1-2-1
Pressure Striker 3 3-0-0
Hybrid 3 2-1-0 vs 1566 avg
Well-Rounded 3 2-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 vs 1524 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 9 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

10 FEB 2007 - beat Wesley Correira · Technical Knockout 10 NOV 2007 - beat Jonathan Wiezorek · Submission 16 FEB 2008 - beat Ricco Rodriguez · Decision (Split) 26 JUL 2008 - beat Justin Eilers · Technical Knockout 07 NOV 2009 - lost to Fabricio Werdum · Decision (Unanimous) 15 MAY 2010 - beat Andrei Arlovski · Decision (Unanimous) 04 DEC 2010 - beat Mike Kyle · Technical Knockout 12 FEB 2011 - beat Fedor Emelianenko · Technical Knockout 10 SEP 2011 - lost to Daniel Cormier · Technical Knockout 26 MAY 2012 - lost to Cain Velasquez · Technical Knockout 05 OCT 2012 - beat Travis Browne · Technical Knockout 02 FEB 2013 - beat Alistair Overeem · Technical Knockout 25 MAY 2013 - lost to Cain Velasquez · Technical Knockout 06 DEC 2013 - drew with Mark Hunt · Decision (Majority) 13 SEP 2014 - lost to Andrei Arlovski · Technical Knockout 22 FEB 2015 - lost to Frank Mir · Technical Knockout 01 AUG 2015 - beat Soa Palelei · Technical Knockout 14 NOV 2015 - lost to Mark Hunt · Technical Knockout 08 MAY 2016 - lost to Stefan Struve · Technical Knockout 24 SEP 2016 - lost to Roy Nelson · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 37 rounds across 20 of 20 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 11.4
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.2
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:38 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 46% 423/928
Takedowns 30% 8/27
Opponents’ accuracy 50% 452/910

Where the strikes land

Head 68% 287
Body 14% 58
Leg 18% 78

And from where

At distance 56% 237
In the clinch 22% 92
On the ground 22% 94

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-8
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-1 Decision (Majority) · 0-0 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
24 SEP 2016 Roy Nelson Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:10 27 36 UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg
08 MAY 2016 Stefan Struve Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:16 0 13 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski
14 NOV 2015 Mark Hunt Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:41 9 12 UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm
01 AUG 2015 Soa Palelei Won Technical Knockout R2 0:41 16 19 UFC 190: Rousey vs Correia
22 FEB 2015 Frank Mir Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:40 1 10 UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir
13 SEP 2014 Andrei Arlovski Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:59 6 13 UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski
06 DEC 2013 Mark Hunt No decision Decision (Majority) R5 5:00 97 103 UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot
25 MAY 2013 Cain Velasquez Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:21 1 18 UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2
02 FEB 2013 Alistair Overeem Won Technical Knockout R3 0:25 21 51 UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
05 OCT 2012 Travis Browne Won Technical Knockout R1 3:27 15 8 UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot
26 MAY 2012 Cain Velasquez Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:36 1 28 UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir
10 SEP 2011 Daniel Cormier Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:56 6 15 Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Kharitonov
12 FEB 2011 Fedor Emelianenko Won Technical Knockout R2 5:00 28 15 Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Silva
04 DEC 2010 Mike Kyle Won Technical Knockout R2 2:49 17 28 Strikeforce - Henderson vs. Babalu
15 MAY 2010 Andrei Arlovski Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 47 30 Strikeforce - Heavy Artillery
07 NOV 2009 Fabricio Werdum Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 24 28 Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Rogers
26 JUL 2008 Justin Eilers Won Technical Knockout R2 0:19 34 8 EliteXC - Unfinished Business
16 FEB 2008 Ricco Rodriguez Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 29 15 EliteXC - Street Certified
10 NOV 2007 Jonathan Wiezorek Won Submission R1 3:12 23 0 EliteXC - Renegade
10 FEB 2007 Wesley Correira Won Technical Knockout R1 3:49 21 2 EliteXC - Destiny

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