Erik Silva
Skill profile
Built on 16 minutes of tracked cage time across 3 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
Francis Marshall favored — picked against Erik Silva clear UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Kavanagh · February 22, 2026
Backs the better pure striker to keep the fight standing and win there, barring a careless gameplan.
Silva is a one-dimensional but dangerous fighter — his striking exists only to get the fight to the mat, where he does his real work with functional takedowns, heavy ground-and-pound, elbows that open up submission chances, and a genuinely dangerous rear-naked choke once he gets a back. That single path is both his strength and his ceiling in this matchup, since it leaves him without much of an answer if his opponent can keep the fight standing.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Francis Marshall 2-3 walk-in Submission · R1 2:29 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh · February 28, 2026
L Muhammad Naimov 10-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:44 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 · February 24, 2024
L TJ Brown 16-9 walk-in Submission · R3 3:41 — UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · December 10, 2022
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.