Erick Vinicius Silva (born June 21, 1984) is a Brazilian former

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

who competed in the

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division. A professional from 2005 till 2019, he competed for the

Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

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, and

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, where he was the inaugural Welterweight Champion. He is also former UFC Bantamweight fighter Gabriel Silva's big brother.

Mixed martial arts career

Background and early career

Silva comes from

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, Brazil and was an X-Gym training partner for the likes of

Anderson Silva Anderson da Silva (; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 and ...

, Rafael Feijao and Jacare Souza.

Jungle Fight Championship

Silva joined Jungle Fight, appearing at Jungle Fight 9 against Carlos Eduardo dos Santos. In the third and final round, Silva defeated dos Santos via rear naked choke. At Jungle Fight 11, he defeated Igor Fernandes via unanimous decision. Silva followed that up with two further victories in the promotion. Silva then competed in a unique fight of his career, at Jungle Fight 17, which was held outdoors. On the day of the event, the weather was clear throughout, until less than an hour before the start, when rain began to fall and never stopped. The event, which went down as one of the wettest in MMA history was not a successful one for Silva who hit his downed opponent with a knee, resulting in a no contest verdict. Silva won his next fight, at Jungle Fight 21, via TKO (knee and punches) in the second round. Silva then entered into the tournament for the inaugural Jungle Fight Welterweight Championship at Jungle Fight 23. Silva defeated both opponents on the same night to win the tournament. His opening round matchup was against Gil de Freitas. The opening round saw Silva utilize his striking game to take the first round, though de Freitas came back strongly in the second round with his take downs and effective ground game. In the final round, Silva caught de Freitas with a roundhouse kick to the liver, dropping him. After Silva used ground-and-pound to set up a guillotine choke, de Freitas was forced to tap out. Silva progressed to the tournament final, where he faced the Mexican, Francisco Ayon. Ayon had just come off a split decision victory in the semi-final and he wasn't able to mount any offense against Silva, who took him down. After hitting him with several punches, Silva locked in an arm triangle choke to force the tap out with just 67 seconds on the clock. Silva therefore became the inaugural Jungle Fight Welterweight champion.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Silva signed with the UFC in early 2011. He was expected to make his debut against

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UFC 134 ''UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami'' (also known as ''UFC Rio'') was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 27, 2011 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was the second that t ...

. However, on August 4, 2011, it was announced that Swick had to withdraw from the bout due to a knee injury and was replaced by Luis Ramos. Silva won quickly via first round TKO due to punches. Silva was expected to face promotional newcomer

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on January 14, 2012 at

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. However, Bahadurzada was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Carlo Prater. After missing a looping right hook in the opening seconds of the fight, Silva quickly followed with a left knee to the body which effectively knocked Prater down. Prater caught Silva's knee and held on to his leg as Silva began attacking with hammer fists and punches to the head. During the attack, the referee,

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, repeatedly warned Silva not to hit the back of the head. When Prater appeared to go unconscious and could no longer intelligently defend himself, Yamasaki stepped in and stopped the fight. Although Silva appeared victorious, Yamasaki disqualified Silva for strikes to the back of the head. The disqualification was later upheld by the UFC. Silva then faced

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on June 8, 2012 at

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. Silva won the fight with a rear-naked choke late in the first round. Silva faced

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on October 13, 2012 at

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, Brazil. After three rounds, Silva lost the fight via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, and 29–28). The performance earned both participants ''Fight of the Night'' honors. Silva was expected to face

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on February 2, 2013 at

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. However, Silva pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer

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. Silva was expected to face

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on June 8, 2013 at

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. However, Hathaway was pulled from the bout in late April and replaced by

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, who was already scheduled on the card against Ildemar Alcantara. Silva won the fight via triangle armbar submission. The finished earned him his second ''Submission of the Night'' bonus. Silva faced

Dong Hyun Kim Kim Dong-hyun ( ko, 김동현, 金東炫; born November 17, 1981), anglicized as Dong Hyun Kim, is a retired South Korean mixed martial artist who most notably fought in the UFC's welterweight division. He was signed by the UFC after fighting ...

on October 9, 2013 at

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. Kim defeated Silva via second round KO. Silva was expected to face returning veteran

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on February 15, 2014 at

UFC Fight Night 36 ''UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 36'') was a mixed martial arts event held on February 15, 2014, at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil. The event was broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. Background ...

. However, Loughran was forced out of the bout with an injury. Silva instead faced promotional newcomer

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. He won the fight via TKO early in the first round. The win also earned him one of the first UFC ''Performance of the Night'' bonus awards. Silva faced Matt Brown in the main event at

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. He lost the fight via TKO due to punches in the third round. Despite the loss, Silva was given a ''Fight of the Night'' bonus award for his performance. Silva faced Mike Rhodes on December 20, 2014 at

UFC Fight Night 58 ''UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 58'') was a mixed martial arts event held at the Ginásio José Corrêa in Barueri, Brazil on December 20, 2014. Background The event was the second that the UFC has hoste ...

. He won the fight by technical submission in the first round. The win also earned Silva his second ''Performance of the Night'' bonus award. Silva was expected to face Ben Saunders on March 21, 2015 at

UFC Fight Night 62 ''UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 62'') was a mixed martial arts event held on March 21, 2015, at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Background After hosting a PPV event at the venue a ...

. However, on March 6, Saunders was forced from the fight citing an injury and was replaced by

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. Silva won the fight by submission in the first round. Silva was expected to face

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on June 27, 2015 at

UFC Fight Night 70 ''UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 70'') was a mixed martial arts event held on June 27, 2015, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Background The event was originally expected t ...

. However, Silva was removed from the card on June 19, after

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issues restricted his entry to the United States. In turn, Story was removed from the card as well. The bout with Story was rescheduled and was expected to take place on August 23, 2015 at

UFC Fight Night 74 ''UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 74'') was a mixed martial arts event held on August 23, 2015, at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Background The event was the first that the organi ...

. Subsequently, Story pulled out of the bout on August 11 citing injury and was replaced by

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. Silva lost the fight via split decision. On March 5, 2016, Silva faced

Nordine Taleb Nordine Taleb ( ar, نوردين طالب, born June 10, 1981) is a French-Canadian professional mixed martial artist. He is currently signed in the Welterweight division of the ARES FC. A professional since 2007, he has also competed for Bellat ...

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at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He lost the fight via knockout in the second round. During the opening round, Silva extended his fist to Taleb to touch gloves in a sign of sportsmanship, but immediately landed a right hook as Taleb attempted to reciprocate it and respond to Silva's gesture. Taleb called the move dirty in a post-fight interview and stated he knew Silva was a "dirty" fighter. He received heavy criticism from fans and media and later apologized on his

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account, releasing a statement and admitting it was "unethical". After the loss, Silva decided to establish his own fight team, Tiger's Den MMA, to be closer to his son, Kalleu. He brought in Andre Benkei to be his head coach. Silva was briefly scheduled to face

Brandon Thatch Brandon Michael Mathew Thatch (born July 11, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Thatch was adopted at age five by his m ...

on September 24, 2016 at

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. However, Thatch pulled out of the fight with an undisclosed injury and was subsequently replaced by

Luan Chagas Luan Chagas (born 9 November 1989) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Chagas was born in Navirai, Brazil and he attended Karate classes at the early a ...

. He won the back and forth fight via submission in the third round. Both participants were awarded ''Fight of the Night'' honors. Silva faced

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on June 3, 2017 at

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. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. Silva faced

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on December 16, 2017 at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. The fight with Mein was the last of his contract with UFC.

Legacy Fighting Alliance

Following his departure from the UFC, Silva signed with Legacy Fighting Alliance and debuted in the main event at LFA 45 against Nick Barnes on July 20, 2018. He won the fight via submission in the first round.

Bellator MMA

On September 6, 2018, it was announced that Silva had signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA. Silva was expected to make his promotional debut against

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at Bellator 207, but was forced to pull out due to an injury on October 1, 2018. Silva made his promotional debut against Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 216 on February 16, 2019. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Silva faced

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at Bellator 223 on June 22, 2019. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Silva announced his retirement from MMA in 2022 after revealing that he had suffered a heart attack due to complications from Covid-19.

Personal life

Erick and his wife Isabela have a son, Carlos (born 2019). Silva has also an older son, Kalleu.

Championships and accomplishments

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** Fight of the Night (Three times) vs.

, Matt Brown, and Luan Chagas ** Submission of the Night (Two times) vs.

and

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(Two times) vs.

and Mike Rhodes *

Jungle Fight Championship Jungle Fight is a Brazilian mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion. It was created in 2003. The name is derived from its origin, the Amazonas state in Brazil. History Jungle Fight was founded by pioneering MMA fighter and long-time Brazi ...

**Jungle Fight Welterweight Championship **Jungle Fight Welterweight Tournament Champion *

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**2014 May Fight of the Month vs. Matt Brown *

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**2012 Robbery of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

Official UFC Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Erick Brazilian male mixed martial artists Welterweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing judo Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu 1984 births Living people People from Vila Velha Brazilian male judoka Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters Sportspeople from Espírito Santo