Tim Sylvia

Tim Sylvia, nicknamed "The Maine-iac Silva" was born on 05th March, 1975 in United States of America.  He weighs 263 lbs and stands 6'8" tall. He masters in the Kickboxing style that has allowed him to defeat many opponents in the ring.  Physically, Tim is a very intimidating fighter with good technical expertise that allows him to crush and submit his opponents.

His first foray into the field of Martial arts fighting began with wrestling in high school.  He did a lot of boxing and grappling and after a spell of training in his school, Tim participated in his first grappling contest.  His impressive record in grappling contests in his school saw him enter a Grappling contest in Rhode Islands where he steam rolled one of his opponents in 17 seconds.

He made his debut in Martial Arts fighting in 2001 fighting for IFC.  He recorded thirteen victories in the IFC that includes as many as 10 knockouts.  All his knockouts came in the Superbowl and the Extreme Challenge. 

His first UFC game was against Wesley Correira at UFC 39 in September, 2002.  After 1 minutes and 43 seconds in Round 2, Correira who had been ambushed by the mere physical presence of Tim threw in the towel.  This handed Tim his first victory with the UFC which he has built up with a more than impressive performance in years to come. 
 
In total, he has recorded 23 wins and 3 losses tabling to an impressive win record of 80% of all the games.  He won the UFC Heavyweight title with his second match in the UFC where he defeated Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 41.  Tim defended his title three times successfully, but one occasion after the fight against Gan McBee, he failed a drug test that took away the title from him.
The UFC 48 match up against Frank Mir was to allow Tim to stake his claim on the UFC Heavyweight title.  Frank Mir was a technically more superior opponent to Tim and handed him a crushing defeat by means of injuring his arm and back. 

It took him close to 1 year to come back to full action in the UFC.  His next match up against Andrei Orlovski in UFC - 51 was voted as the perfect comeback for him.  Tim managed to lose that game that analysts say was due to the overconfidence of Tim and under-estimation of his opponent's fighting ability.

Since that battle, Tim has managed to establish his supremacy in the UFC matches.  He also managed to defeat Andrei twice.  The first of the matches against Andrei was critical for Tim as he had to win it to regain the UFC heavyweight title.  The UFC 59 as it was called was fought evenly till the end.  Tim settled the deal in his favor with knockout strikes on Andrei. 

Pretty recently, in March 2007, he lost the UFC 68 match to Randy Couture losing his control over the UFC heavyweight title.  Analysts say that the recent performance of Tim in the ring has been pretty good with a 4-1 record last season.  With all the good factors in his favor, Tim is all set to stake his claim for the UFC heavyweight title this season.