MMA fans have become accustomed to the above image: UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva raising his hands in victory while his vanquished opponent is tended to by the referee, cutman or cageside physician. After all, we’ve seen nothing but Silva wins since he joined the UFC in 2006.
If you’re counting, that’s 16 straight victories for Silva, a UFC record, but Silva is not without blemishes on his career record. Since making his professional debut in 1997, Silva has been defeated four times.
What follows are the complete fight videos of each of those defeats.