Joaquim Silva

LightweightOutfighter
7 - 5

12 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (43%)

Height
5' 8"
Reach
69"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
37
Southpaw

Joaquim Silva UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Joaquim Silva is 7-5 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 3 wins by knockout and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 14-5, 7-0 of it outside the UFC. Silva competes at lightweight as a southpaw outfighter, standing 5'8" with a 69" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a win over Claudio Puelles by decision in Sep 2025.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 77th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (0.33/fight).

Joaquim Silva's UFC win rate is 58% (7 of 12 fights), and 43% of those wins came by finish. Silva averages 0.3 takedowns per fight at 50% accuracy and stops 71% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
14-5
UFC Record
7-5
Height
5'8"
Reach
69"
Age
37
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
W vs Claudio Puelles · Decision · Sep 2025

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Joaquim Silva's Last 5 Fights

Silva is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Claudio Puelles · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva · Sep 2025
  2. Loss vs Drakkar Klose · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg · May 2024
  3. Win vs Clay Guida · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan · Dec 2023
  4. Loss vs Arman Tsarukyan · KO/TKO · R3 3:25 · UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier · Jun 2023
  5. Win vs Jesse Ronson · KO/TKO · R2 3:08 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan · Oct 2022

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.4
Accuracy
43%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.33

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.2
Strike Differential
+-0.7
Opp. Accuracy Against
46%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.3
Takedown Accuracy
50%
Takedown Defense
71%
Control Time / Fight
0:38
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.6

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
8% KO
0% Sub
R2
8% KO
0% Sub
R3+
8% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Joaquim Silva vs Average

Joaquim Silva lands 10.6 strikes in R1 but 21.4 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Joaquim Silva's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (7-5), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WClaudio PuellesDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva2025-09-13
LDrakkar KloseDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg2024-05-04
WClay GuidaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan2023-12-02
LArman TsarukyanKO/TKOR3 · 3:25UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier2023-06-17
WJesse RonsonKO/TKOR2 · 3:08UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan2022-10-01
LRicky GlennKO/TKOR1 · 0:37UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige2021-06-19
LNasrat HaqparastKO/TKOR2 · 0:36UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler2019-08-03
WJared GordonKO/TKOR3 · 2:39UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta2018-12-15
LVinc PichelDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 22018-01-27
WReza MadadiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira2017-05-28
WAndrew HolbrookKO/TKOR1 · 0:34The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale2016-07-08
WNazareno MalegarieDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 22015-09-05

How Silva Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.4 sig. strikes/min
58th percentile
Striking accuracy43%
48th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.2/min
23rd percentile
Takedowns0.3/fight
15th percentile
Takedown defense71%
64th percentile
Knockdown power0.33/fight
77th percentile

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