Karine Silva

Overview

Three UFC submissions, all in the first round, and the last one came with one second left on the clock.

Karine Silva fights at women's flyweight out of Dourados, Brazil, and carries a 6-3 UFC record into her next fight. Half of those wins ended by submission, and none came by knockout. She has been stopped zero times in the UFC, but all three of her losses went the distance.

She is a finisher when it works and a decision fighter when it doesn't.

UFC Career

Silva's run to the UFC went through Dana White's Contender Series, where she beat Yan Qihui by submission in round 2. That fight is a professional win but not part of her UFC record.

Her UFC debut came in June 2022 against Poliana Botelho, and she needed 4:55 of round 1 to finish it by submission. Ketlen Souza went the same way in 1:45 of round 1 at UFC Fight Night in June 2023, and Maryna Moroz followed at UFC 292 with a submission at 4:59 of round 1. Three UFC fights, three first-round submissions. A unanimous decision over Ariane da Silva in April 2024 made it four straight wins, her longest streak.

The streak ended at UFC 309 with a unanimous decision loss to Viviane Araujo. She bounced back against Dione Barbosa with a unanimous decision at UFC 319, then dropped back-to-back unanimous decisions to Maycee Barber at UFC 323 and Jasmine Jasudavicius in April 2026. Our model rates Barber as an elite opponent and Jasudavicius as a strong one. A unanimous decision over Gabriella Fernandes in November 2026 snapped the skid.

Her UFC finishes all came in her first four fights. Since then, five straight fights have gone to the scorecards.

Fighting Style

Silva is a grappler, and her numbers say so. She hunts for submissions at a rate few UFC fighters match and gets takedowns more often than most. All three of her UFC finishes were submissions, and all came in round 1.

The striking side is thinner. She lands fewer strikes per minute than the UFC average and is less accurate, but she takes very little in return, so she is hard to hit even when she isn't doing much damage herself.

The soft spot is takedown defense. She gets taken down more than most fighters do, which matters for someone whose own game lives on the mat.

Notable Wins

• Maryna Moroz — submission, round 1 (4:59), UFC 292 (2023)
• Poliana Botelho — submission, round 1 (4:55), UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik (2022)
• Ketlen Souza — submission, round 1 (1:45), UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi (2023)

Quick Facts

• Division: Women's Flyweight
• UFC record: 6-3 (3 submissions, 3 decisions)
• Professional record (all promotions): 20-7-0
• UFC debut: June 2022
• Team: The Fighting Nerds
• Height / reach: 5'5" / 67"
• Born: Dourados, MS, Brazil