Fighter Details
- Given Name: Timothy Deane Sylvia
- Pro MMA Record: 31-10-0, 1 NC (Win-Loss-Draw)
- Nickname: The Maine-iac
- Current Streak: 3 Losses
- Age: 1974-03-05 | Date of Birth: 1974.03.05
- Last Fight: October 26, 2013 in AMC
- Weight Class: Heavyweight | Last Weigh-In: 307.5 lbs
- Affiliation: Champions Gym
- Height: 6'8" (204cm) | Reach: 80.0" (203cm)
- Career Disclosed Earnings: $1,940,000 USD
- Born: Ellsworth, Maine, United States
- Fighting out of: Maine
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Tim Sylvia MMA Fight Record
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KO/TKO20 wins, 3 lossesWL65% of wins30% of losses
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Submission4 wins, 4 lossesWL13% of wins40% of losses
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Decision7 wins, 3 lossesWL23% of wins30% of losses
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2002TO20089win4loss0draw0no contest5-4-56%-44%-KO/TKOSUBDECISIONDQ-75%25%--31-
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2012TO20130win1loss0draw1no contest--------KO/TKOSUBDECISIONDQ100%---1---
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DURING20080win1loss0draw0no contest--------KO/TKOSUBDECISIONDQ-100%---1--
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Grappling2017.12.03add_circle
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Reality Fighting · Sylvia not clearedWeight: Super Heavyweight
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NEF 14: Baino vs. Wood · Both fighters injuredWeight: Super Heavyweight · 300 lbs (136.1 kg)
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KSW 26: Materla vs. Silva 3 · Sylvia Back InjuryWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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31-9-0 10-1-02013.10.26add_circle
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31-7-0 17-9-02012.08.31add_circle
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Dream · Rogers Denied VisaWeight: Heavyweight · 120 kg (264.6 lbs)
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29-7-0 12-4-02011.11.05add_circle
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ProElite 2: Big Guns · Rizzo Arm InjuryWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
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28-7-0 9-5-02011.08.20add_circleBilling: Main EventDuration: 3 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
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Weight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
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International Fight Night · Event cancelledWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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25-6-0 2-0-02010.05.21add_circleBilling: Main EventDuration: 3 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Super Heavyweight · 305 lbs (138.3 kg) · Weigh-In 305.0 lbs (138.3 kgs)Odds: -235 · Moderate FavoriteReferee: Herb DeanDisclosed Pay: $50,000 Base
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Adrenaline MMA 5 · Event cancelledWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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Adrenaline MMA 5 · Rejected by athletic commissionWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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Affliction 3 · Tim Sylvia pulled from cardWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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Billing: Main CardDuration: 3 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
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24-4-0 28-1-02008.07.19add_circle
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24-3-0 30-4-12008.02.02add_circleTitle Bout: UFC Interim Heavyweight ChampionshipBilling: Main EventDuration: 5 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.2 kg) · Weigh-In 261.0 lbs (118.4 kgs)Odds: +140 · Slight UnderdogReferee: Herb DeanDisclosed Pay: $160,000 ($100K Base, $60K Fight/Night)UFC 81 Fight of the Night
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23-3-0 8-0-02007.10.20add_circle
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21-2-0 10-4-02006.07.08add_circle
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UFC 54: Boiling Point · Assuerio Silva knee injuryWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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17-1-0 7-3-02005.02.05add_circle
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Billing: Main EventDuration: 3 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)Referee: Matt Hughes
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UFC 47: It's On! · Sylvia Traces of PED's Still in SystemWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
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UFC 45: Revolution · Sylvia SuspensionWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
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13-0-0 7-3-02002.09.27add_circle
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Title Bout: Tournament ChampionshipBilling: Main EventDuration: 2 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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Title Bout: Tournament ChampionshipBilling: Main CardDuration: 2 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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Title Bout: Tournament ChampionshipBilling: Main CardDuration: 2 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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Title Bout: Tournament ChampionshipBilling: Main CardDuration: 2 x 5 Minute RoundsWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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5-0-0 0-1-02002.03.16add_circle
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Extreme Challenge 47 · Rocky Batastini injured in quarter finalWeight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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Weight: Heavyweight · 265 lbs (120.0 kg)
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While most MMA fighters work their way to the top only after years of yoeman's work in the trenches, Tim Sylvia started his professional fighting career off the right way, winning his first 16 fights and taking the UFC Heavyweight Championship after emerging from Bettendorf, Iowa's Miletich Fighting Systems camp. Standing 6’8” and weighing in at the heavyweight limit of 265 lbs. for the majority of his professional appearances, for the first several years of his career “The Mainiac” used his size and reach to pepper foes with crisp boxing from a distance before going in for the kill midway into the fight.
After knocking out Ricco Rodriguez in 2003 to win the heavyweight title, Sylvia would defend the belt one time before relinquishing it to Frank Mir in 2004 in a bout in which Mir broke his arm with an Armbar in the first round. Sylvia’s most notable winning streak came in 2006, when he defeated former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski (twice), Assuerio Silva, and Jeff Monson en route to winning the title for the second time in his career. Sylvia would lose the belt to UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture in 2007 and has yet to put together another meaningful winning streak since his departure from the UFC in 2008.
After competing in karate and wrestling during high school, Sylvia would largely rely on his incredible size and striking ability during the majority of his professional career. Sylvia is generally considered a knockout fighter, having won more than 50% of his professional fights by way of strikes. However, “The Mainiac” does possess solid groundfighting and submission ability, having skillfully stifled world-class grappler Jeff Monson on the ground in the course of a UFC title defense.