Erick Silva (born June 21, 1984) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division.

On the day of the event, the weather was clear throughout, until less than an hour before the start, when rain began to fall and never stopped.

In the final round, Silva caught de Freitas with a roundhouse kick to the liver, dropping him.

Ayon had just come off a split decision victory in the semi-final and he wasn't able to mount any offense against Silva, who took him down.

After hitting him with several punches, Silva locked in an arm triangle choke to force the tap out with just 67 seconds on the clock.

However, on August 4, 2011, it was announced that Swick had to withdraw from the bout due to a knee injury and was replaced by Luis Ramos.

[12] After missing a looping right hook in the opening seconds of the fight, Silva quickly followed with a left knee to the body which effectively knocked Prater down.

Silva faced Jon Fitch on October 13, 2012, at UFC 153 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[17] However, Hathaway was pulled from the bout in late April and replaced by Jason High, who was already scheduled on the card against Ildemar Alcantara.

Silva was expected to face returning veteran Nate Loughran on February 15, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 36.

[33] Subsequently, Story pulled out of the bout on August 11 citing injury and was replaced by Neil Magny.

[35] On March 5, 2016, Silva faced Nordine Taleb at UFC 196 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

He received heavy criticism from fans and media and later apologized on his Twitter account, releasing a statement and admitting it was "unethical".

[38][39] After the loss, Silva decided to establish his own fight team, Tiger's Den MMA, to be closer to his son, Kalleu.

Silva was briefly scheduled to face Brandon Thatch on September 24, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 95.

[45] Silva faced Jordan Mein on December 16, 2017, at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos.

[48] Following his departure from the UFC, Silva signed with Legacy Fighting Alliance and debuted in the main event at LFA 45 against Nick Barnes on July 20, 2018.

Silva was expected to make his promotional debut against Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 207, but was forced to pull out due to an injury on October 1, 2018.