Douglas Silva de Andrade

Overview

Fourteen UFC fights, seven wins, seven losses, and not one of the wins came against an opponent our model rates as elite. Douglas Silva de Andrade, "D Silva," is a Brazilian featherweight out of Castanhal who fights for Academia Corinthians in Sao Paulo, and his UFC record sits at 7-7 with a 29-7 professional record across all promotions.

He has been a UFC regular since 2014. He is not a finisher: eight of his fourteen fights went the distance.

He enters his next fight on a two-fight losing streak.

UFC Career

Silva made his UFC debut on February 14, 2014, losing a unanimous decision to Zubaira Tukhugov. His first UFC win came a year later, a unanimous decision over Cody Gibson in February 2015. In November 2016 he followed it with a third-round TKO of Henry Briones at 2:33.

The next stretch went back and forth. Rob Font submitted him in the second round at UFC 213, then Silva took a decision over Marlon Vera in 2018. Petr Yan stopped him at UFC 232 with a second-round TKO at 5:00. A decision win over Renan Barao in November 2019 followed.

His best run came in 2021 and 2022. After a decision loss to Lerone Murphy, he beat Gaetano Pirrello by first-round TKO in 2:04 and Sergey Morozov by second-round submission at UFC 271. Those two are his only finishes inside the first two rounds, and the two-fight win streak is the longest of his UFC career.

The recent results point the other way. Said Nurmagomedov took a unanimous decision in 2022, and Silva answered with a decision win over Cody Stamann in May 2023. Then came a unanimous decision loss to Miles Johns in 2024 and a first-round TKO loss to Javier Reyes at 4:59 in February 2026.

One minute short of a full round, and it still counts as a first-round finish.

Fighting Style

Douglas Silva de Andrade is a defensive fighter. He is hard to hit and very hard to take down, and he rarely looks for takedowns or submissions of his own.

On the feet, he lands and absorbs strikes at about the same rate as most of the UFC. His accuracy is below the UFC average, so his volume doesn't turn into many clean connections.

Only three of his seven wins came by finish: two TKOs and one submission. Four wins and four losses have gone to the scorecards, so he often lasts to the final bell.

Notable Wins

• Sergey Morozov — submission, round 2, UFC 271 (2022)
• Gaetano Pirrello — TKO, round 1, UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker (2021)
• Henry Briones — TKO, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson (2016)
• Renan Barao — unanimous decision, UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare (2019)

Quick Facts

• Division: Featherweight
• UFC record: 7-7
• Professional record (all promotions): 29-7-0
• UFC debut: February 14, 2014
• Stance: Orthodox
• Height / reach: 5'7" / 68.5"
• Team: Academia Corinthians - Sao Paulo
• Born: Castanhal, Brazil