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Rampage Jackson vs Wanderlei Silva

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Rampage Jackson and Wanderlei Silva met 4 times (2003, 2004, 2008, 2018). Rampage Jackson won in 2018 by ko; Rampage Jackson won in 2008 by ko; Wanderlei Silva won in 2004 by ko; Wanderlei Silva won in 2003 by ko.

SOURCE·Rampage Jackson and Wanderlei Silva — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Rampage JacksonWanderlei Silva
—Reach—
73″ (185.4 cm)Height70″ (177.8 cm)
—Reach advantage—
38–13Record35–14
63%Finish rate80%
9Longest unbeaten run9
54Recorded bouts51
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 11. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentRampage JacksonWanderlei Silva
Chael Sonnen L L
Keith Jardine W W
Chuck Liddell W L
Dan Henderson W L
Ricardo Arona W W
Ikuhisa Minowa W W
Kazushi Sakuraba L W
Alexander Otsuka W W
Kazushi Sakuraba L W
Dan Henderson W W
Daijiro Matsui L W

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Rampage Jackson

1990200020102020UNFILEDwin v Mike Pyle, 1999, decisionwin v Charlie West, 2000, decisionwin v Rob Smith, 2000, decisionwin v Warren Owsley, 2000, submissionwin v Ron Rumpf, 2000, koloss v Marvin Eastman, 2000, decisionwin v Marco Bermudaz, 2000, submissionloss v Daijiro Matsui, 2001, dqwin v Yuki Ishikawa, 2001, kowin v Alexander Otsuka, 2001, koloss v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2001, submissionwin v Kenneth Williams, 2001, submissionwin v Bryson Haubrick, 2001, submissionwin v Dennis Henderson, 2001, submissionwin v Dave Taylor, 2001, kowin v Igor Vovchanchyn, 2002, kowin v Sean Gray, 2002, kowin v Masaaki Satake, 2002, kowin v Cyril Abidi, 2002, decisionwin v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2003, koloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2003, kowin v Murilo Bustamante, 2003, decisionwin v Mikhail Ilyukhin, 2003, submissionwin v Kevin Randleman, 2003, koloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2004, kowin v Ricardo Arona, 2004, kowin v Hirotaka Yokoi, 2005, koloss v Maurício Rua, 2005, kowin v Murilo Rua, 2005, decisionwin v Matt Lindland, 2006, decisionwin v Yoon Dong-sik, 2006, decisionwin v Dan Henderson, 2007, decisionwin v Chuck Liddell, 2007, kowin v Marvin Eastman, 2007, kowin v Wanderlei Silva, 2008, koloss v Forrest Griffin, 2008, decisionwin v Keith Jardine, 2009, decisionwin v Lyoto Machida, 2010, decisionloss v Rashad Evans, 2010, decisionloss v Jon Jones, 2011, submissionwin v Matt Hamill, 2011, decisionloss v Ryan Bader, 2012, decisionwin v Joey Beltran, 2013, koloss v Glover Teixeira, 2013, decisionwin v Muhammed Lawal, 2014, decisionwin v Christian M'Pumbu, 2014, kowin v Fábio Maldonado, 2015, decisionwin v Satoshi Ishii, 2016, decisionloss v Muhammed Lawal, 2017, decisionwin v Wanderlei Silva, 2018, koloss v Chael Sonnen, 2018, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2019, kowin v Jon Nutt and Andrew Wood, 2023, kowin v Chuck Liddell, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1999–2023 · 1 UNDATED
2000 2010 2020 win vs Mike Pyle (1999)win vs Charlie West (2000)win vs Rob Smith (2000)win vs Warren Owsley (2000)win vs Ron Rumpf (2000)loss vs Marvin Eastman (2000)win vs Marco Bermudaz (2000)loss vs Daijiro Matsui (2001)win vs Yuki Ishikawa (2001)win vs Alexander Otsuka (2001)loss vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2001)win vs Kenneth Williams (2001)win vs Bryson Haubrick (2001)win vs Dennis Henderson (2001)win vs Dave Taylor (2001)win vs Igor Vovchanchyn (2002)win vs Sean Gray (2002)win vs Masaaki Satake (2002)win vs Cyril Abidi (2002)win vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2003)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2003)win vs Murilo Bustamante (2003)win vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (2003)win vs Kevin Randleman (2003)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2004)win vs Ricardo Arona (2004)win vs Hirotaka Yokoi (2005)loss vs Maurício Rua (2005)win vs Murilo Rua (2005)win vs Matt Lindland (2006)win vs Yoon Dong-sik (2006)win vs Dan Henderson (2007)win vs Chuck Liddell (2007)win vs Marvin Eastman (2007)win vs Wanderlei Silva (2008)loss vs Forrest Griffin (2008)win vs Keith Jardine (2009)win vs Lyoto Machida (2010)loss vs Rashad Evans (2010)loss vs Jon Jones (2011)win vs Matt Hamill (2011)loss vs Ryan Bader (2012)win vs Joey Beltran (2013)loss vs Glover Teixeira (2013)win vs Muhammed Lawal (2014)win vs Christian M'Pumbu (2014)win vs Fábio Maldonado (2015)win vs Satoshi Ishii (2016)loss vs Muhammed Lawal (2017)win vs Wanderlei Silva (2018)loss vs Chael Sonnen (2018)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2019)win vs Jon Nutt and Andrew Wood (2023)
winlossdraw / NC1999–2023

Wanderlei Silva

1990200020102020UNFILEDwin v Dilson Filho, 1996, koloss v Artur Mariano, 1997, kowin v Marcelao Barbosa, 1997, koloss v Vitor Belfort, 1998, kowin v Mike van Arsdale, 1998, kowin v Daijiro Matsui, 1999, decisionwin v Carl Malenko, 1999, decisionwin v Tony Petarra, 1999, kowin v Eugene Jackson, 1999, submissionwin v Adrian Serrano, 1999, kowin v Dan Henderson, 2000, decisionnc v Gilbert Yvel, 2000win v Guy Mezger, 2000, kowin v Todd Medina, 2000, koloss v Tito Ortiz, 2000, decisionwin v Bob Schrijber, 2000, submissionwin v Alexander Otsuka, 2001, kowin v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2001, kowin v Shungo Oyama, 2001, kowin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 2002, kowin v Tatsuya Iwasaki, 2002, kodraw v Mirko Cro Cop, 2002, drawwin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2002, kowin v Quinton Jackson, 2003, kowin v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2003, koloss v Mark Hunt, 2004, decisionwin v Quinton Jackson, 2004, kowin v Yuki Kondo, 2004, kowin v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2004, kowin v Ricardo Arona, 2005, decisionwin v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2005, kowin v Hidehiko Yoshida, 2005, decisionloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2006, kowin v Kazuyuki Fujita, 2006, koloss v Chuck Liddell, 2007, decisionloss v Dan Henderson, 2007, koloss v Quinton Jackson, 2008, kowin v Keith Jardine, 2008, koloss v Rich Franklin, 2009, decisionwin v Michael Bisping, 2010, decisionwin v Cung Le, 2011, koloss v Chris Leben, 2011, koloss v Rich Franklin, 2012, decisionwin v Brian Stann, 2013, kodraw v Kazushi Sakuraba and Hideo Tokoro, 2016, drawloss v Chael Sonnen, 2017, decisionloss v Quinton Jackson, 2018, koloss v Acelino Freitas, 2025win v Hidehiko Yoshida, no date on recordwin v Egidio da Costa, no date on recordwin v Sean Bormet, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1996–2025 · 3 UNDATED
2000 2010 2020 win vs Dilson Filho (1996)loss vs Artur Mariano (1997)win vs Marcelao Barbosa (1997)loss vs Vitor Belfort (1998)win vs Mike van Arsdale (1998)win vs Daijiro Matsui (1999)win vs Carl Malenko (1999)win vs Tony Petarra (1999)win vs Eugene Jackson (1999)win vs Adrian Serrano (1999)win vs Dan Henderson (2000)nc vs Gilbert Yvel (2000)win vs Guy Mezger (2000)win vs Todd Medina (2000)loss vs Tito Ortiz (2000)win vs Bob Schrijber (2000)win vs Alexander Otsuka (2001)win vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2001)win vs Shungo Oyama (2001)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2002)win vs Tatsuya Iwasaki (2002)draw vs Mirko Cro Cop (2002)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2002)win vs Quinton Jackson (2003)win vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2003)loss vs Mark Hunt (2004)win vs Quinton Jackson (2004)win vs Yuki Kondo (2004)win vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2004)win vs Ricardo Arona (2005)win vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2005)win vs Hidehiko Yoshida (2005)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2006)win vs Kazuyuki Fujita (2006)loss vs Chuck Liddell (2007)loss vs Dan Henderson (2007)loss vs Quinton Jackson (2008)win vs Keith Jardine (2008)loss vs Rich Franklin (2009)win vs Michael Bisping (2010)win vs Cung Le (2011)loss vs Chris Leben (2011)loss vs Rich Franklin (2012)win vs Brian Stann (2013)draw vs Kazushi Sakuraba and Hideo Tokoro (2016)loss vs Chael Sonnen (2017)loss vs Quinton Jackson (2018)loss vs Acelino Freitas (2025)
winlossdraw / NC1996–2025
Cross-references
Rampage Jackson

The full ledger: 54 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

38–13 Wanderlei Silva

The same, from the other corner — 51 bouts and the cohort Silva is ranked inside.

35–14 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS
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