Assuerio Silva

MMA · Retired

16-8 (1 NC)RECORD

5KO / TKO WINS

9SUBMISSION WINS

2DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	Not added yet
Date of birth	18 Jun 1974
Nationality	Brazilian
Birthplace	Mossoró, Brazil
Lives in	Curitiba, Brazil
Division	Heavyweight
Team	Chute Boxe Academy
Height	185 cm (6′1″)
Reach	191 cm (75″)
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	1997–2009
Status	Retired
Pro debut	7 Jul 1997
Last fight	Loss vs Geronimo dos Santos, 17 Oct 2009

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Titles and honours

Former Pancrase Heavyweight Champion

Background

Brazilian heavyweight from Mossoró who fought in Pride, the UFC and Jungle Fight, and won the vacant Pancrase heavyweight title in 2007. He was based in Curitiba and trained with Chute Boxe.

Fight history

25 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Geronimo dos Santos	KO (punches)	1	1:01	Jungle Fight 16	17 Oct 2009	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Dave Anderton	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:53	Boa Vista Combat Show	30 Aug 2009	Boa Vista, Brazil
Loss	Todd Duffee	TKO (punches)	2	1:17	Jungle Fight 11	13 Sep 2008	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Terroll Dees	Submission (kneebar)	1	1:42	Jungle Fight 10	12 Jul 2008	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Tatsuya Mizuno	TKO (punches)	2	2:08	Pancrase: Rising 5	30 May 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Won the vacant Pancrase Heavyweight Championship
Loss	Cheick Kongo	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	UFC 70: Nations Collide	21 Apr 2007	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Win	Igor Pokrajac	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Jungle Fight Europe	17 Dec 2006	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Win	Eduardo Maiorino	TKO (punches)	1		Show Fight 5	9 Nov 2006	São Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Brandon Vera	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:39	UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie	27 May 2006	Los Angeles, California, USA
Loss	Tim Sylvia	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night 3	16 Jan 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Alessio Sakara	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Jungle Fight 3	23 Oct 2004	Manaus, Brazil
Win	Fabiano Scherner	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:00	Jungle Fight 2	15 May 2004	Manaus, Brazil
Loss	Alexander Emelianenko	Decision (split)	2	5:00	Pride Bushido 1	5 Oct 2003	Saitama, Japan
No contest	Fabiano Scherner	No contest (injury)	3	1:24	Meca World Vale Tudo 9	1 Aug 2003	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Scherner injured falling from the ring
Win	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	TKO (punches)	1	0:11	Pride 16	24 Sep 2001	Osaka, Japan
Win	Valentijn Overeem	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:50	Pride 15	29 Jul 2001	Saitama, Japan
Win	Walter Farias	KO (head kick)	1	5:00	Meca World Vale Tudo 5	9 Jun 2001	Curitiba, Brazil
Win	Pedro Otavio	Submission (strikes)	2	2:00	Meca World Vale Tudo 4	16 Dec 2000	Curitiba, Brazil
Win	Rodrigo Mamute	Submission (punches and stomp)	1	4:27	Meca World Vale Tudo 2	12 Aug 2000	Curitiba, Brazil
Win	Luis Alberto	Submission			Desafio: BadBoy de ValeTudo 2	20 Nov 1999	Ceará, Brazil
Win	Leopoldo Serao	KO			Desafio: BadBoy de ValeTudo 2	20 Nov 1999	Ceará, Brazil
Win	Romildo Romialdo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1		MOVT 2: Mossoro Open de Vale Tudo 2	25 Mar 1999	Mossoró, Brazil
Loss	Mikhail Avetisyan	TKO (cut)	1	8:58	World Vale Tudo Championship 7	2 Feb 1999	Brazil
Win	Waldir dos Anjos	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	11:07	BVF 12: Circuito Brasileiro de Vale Tudo 4	18 Nov 1998	Brazil
Loss	Charles Gracie	Submission (triangle choke)	1	1:01	Extremo Combate Bahia Open	7 Jul 1997	Salvador, Brazil	Pro debut