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Anderson "The Spider" Silva
Born Anderson Silva
April 14, 1975 (1975-04-14) (age 34)
Curitiba, Brazil[1]
Other names The Spider[2]
Residence Curitiba, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Division 185, 205, & 170 (pre-2003)
Reach 77.6 in (197 cm)[4]
Style Muay Thai, Boxing, Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Stance Southpaw
Team Black House
Rank      black belt in Judo
     black belt in Taekwondo
     black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years active 2000–present MMA
Boxing record
Total 2
Wins 1
By knockout 1
Losses 1
By knockout 1
MMA record
Total 29
Wins 25
By knockout 15
By submission 4
By decision 6
Losses 4
By submission 2
By decision 1
By disqualification 1
Other information
Children 4
Official website
Boxing record from Boxrec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: August 25, 2009

Anderson Silva[5] (born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion.[6] With 10 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest active winning streak in the UFC and the record for the longest winning streak in UFC history.[7] Anderson holds a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira who follows Gracie Lineage through Carlson Gracie, ergo Murilo Bustamante and the Brazilian Top Team.

He currently trains with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida through Black House. Silva is currently ranked as the number one middleweight in the world by multiple MMA publications;[8][9][10][11] Sherdog and Yahoo! rank Silva as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world.[12][13]

Since 2006 he has been the UFC Middleweight Champion,[14] and he is also the last Cage Rage Middleweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Besides the UFC and Cage Rage, Silva has fought for a number of other MMA promotions including the Pride Fighting Championships, Shooto and Rumble on the Rock. Silva holds notable victories over PRIDE FC Middleweight and Welterweight Champion Dan Henderson, 7 time King of Pancrase Nate Marquardt, former Shooto Welterweight Champion Hayato Sakurai, former UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Newton and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin in addition to a pair of stoppages over former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin.

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[edit] Biography

Although known primarily for his skills in Muay Thai,, Silva is also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which he earned in 2006 from Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. He first started martial arts at age 14 doing Tae kwon do, and eventually earned a black belt by the age of 18.[15] He is also a black belt in Judo.[15]

Once a member of the Chute Boxe Academy, Silva left to form the Muay Thai Dream Team. In late November 2006, he joined new team Black House with Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, Assuerio Silva, and the Nogueira brothers. On May 16, 2008 Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira opened the Team Nogueira MMA Academy in Miami, Florida.[16][17][18]

Silva is married and has four children.[19]

[edit] Mixed martial arts career

Silva initially fought in the Mecca organization in Brazil. Silva lost his first fight to Luiz Azeredo by split decision. After that fight, he went on a nine-fight winning streak, winning six of those fights by either submission or TKO.[2] After winning his first match in Japan he was put up against Shooto champion Hayato Sakurai on August 26, 2001. Silva beat Sakurai by unanimous decision after three rounds and became the new Shooto Middleweight Champion (at 167 lb) and the first man to defeat Sakurai who was undefeated in his first 20 fights.[2]

[edit] Professional boxing career

Anderson Silva has had two professional boxing bouts. On May 22, 1998 Silva took on, the then 10-2, Osmar Luiz Teixeira and lost by second round TKO. He stepped back into the boxing ring in August 2005 to face Julio Cesar De Jesus. De Jesus had never boxed before as a professional and Silva won by KO in round two.

[edit] Pride Fighting Championships and Cage Rage

In 2002, Silva began fighting in Pride. In his first fight with the promotion, he stopped Alex Stiebling with a cut resulting from a high kick. In his next match, he won via decision against the "Diet Butcher" Alexander Otsuka. At Pride 25, Silva faced former UFC welterweight champion Carlos Newton. Newton tried to shoot in on Silva, but was hit with a flying knee. Newton collapsed and Silva finished the fight with strikes, winning by technical knockout.[2]

At Pride 26, Silva faced Daiju Takase. Considering his record at the time – with only four wins to seven losses – Takase was a big underdog. Surprisingly, after dominating most of the fight with takedowns, top position, and effective ground and pound, Takase submitted Silva with a triangle choke late in the first round.[20]

After his loss to Takase, Silva fought in other promotions around the world. On June 27, 2004, Silva fought Jeremy Horn and earned a decision victory. Three months later, Silva made his debut in the Cage Rage promotion in England. At Cage Rage 8 Silva fought and defeated noted striker Lee Murray by decision.[2]

That year, Silva returned to Pride on December 31 to face Ryo Chonan. Silva was in control with a take down and body triangle in the first round. Chonan was able to counter Silva's knees from the clinch, with knees, and takedowns. Despite being the underdog, Chonan ended the fight in the third round with a flying scissor heel hook, forcing Silva to submit.[2]

After the loss to Chonan, Silva continued fighting in the Cage Rage promotion, as well as other promotions around the world. Silva defended his Cage Rage title against Curtis Stout before fighting in Hawaii's Rumble on the Rock promotion, where he fought Yushin Okami in the first round of the 175 lb tournament. Although he was labeled as the favorite to win the tournament, Silva lost his fight when he kicked Okami in the face from the guard position. Okami's knees were on the ground at the time, making the attack an illegal strike to the head of a downed opponent. Silva later said that the rule had not been properly explained to him before the bout. "When I fought Okami the rules really weren't explained to me properly in the event I was fighting in," said Silva. "You could kick a downed opponent to the groin or to the head when your back's on the ground. So the rules weren’t explained to me properly."[21] While Okami was given the opportunity to recover and continue fighting, Okami opted for the disqualification win. Silva responded by saying he "felt it was a cheap, cowardly way of winning," and that "people that were there saw that he was in the condition to come back and keep fighting, and he didn't."[22]

Although he was slated to fight Matt Lindland at Cage Rage 16, Lindland's decision to fight Mike Van Arsdale at Raze Fight Night put an end to the highly-anticipated match up. Instead, Silva defended his championship against Tony Fryklund, winning the fight with a reverse elbow, knocking out Fryklund early in the first round.[23]

[edit] Ultimate Fighting Championship

Although speculation ran rampant about where Silva would sign next, the UFC announced in late April 2006 that they had signed him to a multi-fight contract. It was not long before the UFC started promoting Silva, releasing an interview segment almost immediately after announcing his arrival.[24]

Silva made his debut at Ultimate Fight Night 5 on June 28, 2006. His opponent was The Ultimate Fighter 1 contestant Chris Leben who had gone undefeated in the UFC with five consecutive victories. Leben, confident of victory, had predicted he would KO Silva in a pre-fight interview. A relatively unknown fighter in the United States, Silva made an emphatic debut when he knocked out Leben with a flurry of pinpoint strikes, followed by a final knee strike at 49 seconds into the first round. Silva's striking accuracy was 100%. In response to the victory, the UFC quickly tallied a poll on their main page, asking viewers to select Silva's next opponent; the majority of voters selected the UFC Middleweight Champion, Rich Franklin.

Silva fought Franklin at UFC 64 on October 14, 2006, and defeated him by TKO (strikes) at 2:59 in the first round. Silva hit Franklin with knees to the body from the Muay Thai-clinch, then badly broke Franklin's nose with a knee to the face.[25] Unable to strike back, Franklin dodged the last of Silva's strikes before falling to the ground, where referee "Big" John McCarthy ended the fight. Silva was then crowned the new UFC Middleweight Champion, becoming the second man to defeat Franklin, after Black House-teammate Lyoto Machida.

[edit] Defending the belt

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On February 3, 2007 at UFC 67, Silva was scheduled to fight The Ultimate Fighter 4 winner Travis Lutter in what would be his first title defense since defeating Rich Franklin in October 2006. However Lutter failed to make the 185 pounds (84 kg) weight limit and the match was changed to a non-title bout.[26] Anderson was mounted in round one, but managed to win via submission from a triangle choke in the second round.

In his next fight at UFC 73 on July 7, 2007, Silva successfully defended his title against Nate Marquardt, winning by TKO at 4:50 in the first round. Three months later, on October 20, 2007 at UFC 77, Silva fought a title defense rematch against Rich Franklin, in Franklin's hometown of in Cincinnati, Ohio at the U.S. Bank Arena[27] Silva defended his belt by defeating Franklin via TKO in the 2nd round.

On March 1, 2008 at UFC 82 Silva fought Pride Middleweight Champion Dan Henderson, in a title unification bout (UFC and Pride titles on the line). Silva defended his title by defeating Henderson via rear naked choke in the 2nd round after knocking Henderson to the ground with strikes.

Around four months later, at UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin on July 19, 2008, Silva made his debut at light-heavyweight (205 lb (93 kg)) in a bout against James Irvin. Silva won via KO due to strikes in 1:01 of the first round after catching Irvin's attempted leg kick with his left arm and then delivering a straight right knock-out punch.[28]

Silva's next fight, on October 25, 2008 at UFC 90 in Rosemont, Illinois, Silva again defended his middleweight title, this time against Patrick Côté. In the third round, Côté landed awkwardly on his right leg while throwing a kick and fell to the mat grasping his right knee in obvious pain. Referee Herb Dean declared the fight over when Côté could not continue, ruling the bout a TKO victory for Silva. Côté, however, became the first of Silva's UFC opponents to make it past the 2nd round.

After his fight with Côté, Silva was criticized for seemingly avoiding contact during the bout.[29][30] Dana White criticized Silva, saying: "I didn't understand Silva's tactics... It wasn't the Anderson Silva I've been watching the last two years."[31] Silva said in the post-fight news conference:[32]

"There are many people saying I was disrespecting Cote, but this is absolutely not true. My game plan since the beginning was fight five rounds, inducing him to commit mistakes and capitalize on that during the first three rounds and look for the knockout during the fourth and fifth rounds. It was working, and the biggest proof of that is that I almost didn’t waste any blows. I connected with a couple of good punches and knees, but unfortunately he got hurt and the fight was over. This is not my fault."

On April 18, 2009 at UFC 97 in Montreal, Canada Anderson Silva defeated Thales Leites by Unanimous Decision, defending his Middleweight Championship and recording his UFC record 9th consecutive win in the octagon. Thales Leites is credited with being the only man in UFC history to take Silva through 5 rounds to a judges' decision, making it Silva's longest fight ever. The crowd repeatedly booed his lackluster performance, bored expression, and frustrated attempts to goad his opponent into fighting, and in the 4th and 5th rounds took to dancing, lowering his guard and slapping his opponent without retaliation. Following the fight, Dana White has stated that he was "embarrassed" by Silva's performance, but still said that he believes him to be "the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world".[33]

At UFC 101 which took place on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Silva again fought at 205 pounds against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin. Griffin was knocked down three times in the first round. After regaining consciousness, Griffin jogged from the Octagon. Both fighters were awarded $60,000 as Fight of the Night bonuses and Silva received $60,000 in bonus money for KO of the night.

After defeating Griffin, a Yahoo! Sports reporter allegedly claimed that Silva's manager, Ed Soares, had confirmed that Silva would abandon his Middleweight belt to fight at Light Heavyweight.[34] However, Soares and a UFC spokesperson confirmed that a conversation agreeing Silva would permanently move up to Light Heavyweight never took place. Anderson is not relinquishing his title to fight exclusively at Light Heavyweight. Soares stated his attorney plans to speak to Yahoo! Sports about the matter.[35]

Silva is expected to defend the UFC Middleweight Championship against Vitor Belfort. The fight was originally supposed to take place on Jan 2, 2010 at UFC 108, however; Ed Soares announced that the bout will not take place then as Silva will not be fully recovered from elbow surgery.[36]

Silva was expected to face Belfort on February 6, 2010 at UFC 109.[37] The fight however, was largely dependent on Silva's injury healing, which he described as the "recovery not going as planned."[38] This was later to prove to be the downfall of the fight which led to its cancellation in late November.[39]

[edit] Roy Jones Jr.

Following his win over Dan Henderson, in an interview with MMA Weekly, Anderson Silva's manager stated: "Anderson would love to fight Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match up under boxing rules to prove that MMA fighters are technical, too."[40] UFC president, Dana White, later expressed that he would use his veto power to stop such a match from taking place.[41] Anderson, however, has commented: "After my contract with the UFC is finished, I will set up the fight with Jones Jr. The fight has already been permitted by Jones himself." In April 2009, Jones himself confirmed he is still interested in fighting Silva: "I'm going to try and make it happen. He's saying he wants to fight me, so, OK, I'm ready. Let's brawl." Roy Jones Jr. was in attendance at UFC 101.

[edit] Possible retirement

In an interview with Brazilian TV station SporTV in September 2008, Silva has stated that he was interested in retiring within the next year. However, Anderson's manager, Ed Soares, responded to the talk of retirement by saying that Anderson was contractually obligated to fight six more fights (his third was against Forrest Griffin), and would do so before retiring. Soares further stated that Anderson desires to retire when he is 35 which he turns on April 14, 2010.[42]

[edit] Film career

Anderson appeared in Never Surrender in 2009.[43]

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

Shooto Middleweight Champion
Last Cage Rage Middleweight Champion
Current UFC Middleweight Champion
Unified UFC Middleweight and Pride FC Welterweight Championships
Record for most consecutive UFC wins (Ten)
Tied for the record of most consecutive title defenses (Five)

In June 2009, Anderson Silva was nominated for the 2009 ESPYS "Best Fighter" category, along with Lyoto Machida, Manny Pacquiao, and Shane Mosley.[44] However, Silva didn't gain enough votes and the award was won instead by pro boxer Manny Pacquiao.[45]

[edit] Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
xWin 25–4 United States Forrest Griffin KO (Punch) UFC 101: Declaration 02009-08-08 August 8, 2009 1 3:23 United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Light Heavyweight bout, Won Fight of the Night and Knockout of the Night Honors
xWin 24–4 Brazil Thales Leites Decision (Unanimous) UFC 97: Redemption 02009-04-18 April 18, 2009 5 5:00 Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada Defended UFC Middleweight Championship. Broke the UFC record for most consecutive wins with 9.
xWin 23–4 Canada CôtéPatrick Côté TKO (Knee Injury) UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté 02008-10-25 October 25, 2008 3 0:39 United States Rosemont, Illinois, US Defended UFC Middleweight Championship
xWin 22–4 United States IrvinJames Irvin KO (Punches) UFC Fight Night 14: Silva vs Irvin 02008-07-19 July 19, 2008 1 1:01 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US Light Heavyweight bout
xWin 21–4 United States HendersonDan Henderson Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UFC 82: Pride of a Champion 02008-03-01 March 1, 2008 2 4:50 United States Columbus, Ohio, US Defended UFC Middleweight Championship, Won Fight of the Night and Submission of the Night Honors. Unified Pride WW Championship into UFC MW Championship
xWin 20–4 United States FranklinRich Franklin TKO (Knees) UFC 77: Hostile Territory 02007-10-20 October 20, 2007 2 1:07 United States Cincinnati, Ohio, US Defended UFC Middleweight Championship, Won Knockout of the Night Honors
xWin 19–4 United States MarquardtNate Marquardt TKO (Punches) UFC 73: Stacked 02007-07-07 July 7, 2007 1 4:50 United States Sacramento, California, US Defended UFC Middleweight Championship
xWin 18–4 United States LutterTravis Lutter Submission (Triangle Choke) UFC 67: All or Nothing 02007-02-03 February 3, 2007 2 2:11 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US Non-title fight (Lutter did not make weight)
xWin 17–4 United States FranklinRich Franklin KO (Knee) UFC 64: Unstoppable 02006-10-14 October 14, 2006 1 2:59 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US Won UFC Middleweight Championship
xWin 16–4 United States LebenChris Leben KO (Knee) UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5 02006-06-28 June 28, 2006 1 0:49 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US UFC Debut
xWin 15–4 United States FryklundTony Fryklund KO (Elbow) Cage Rage 16: Critical Condition 02006-04-22 April 22, 2006 1 2:02 United Kingdom London, England, United Kingdom Defended Cage Rage Middleweight Championship
xLoss 14–4 Japan OkamiYushin Okami DQ (Illegal Side-up Kick) Rumble on the Rock 8 02006-01-20 January 20, 2006 1 2:33 United States Honolulu, Hawaii, US ROTR WW Tournament Opening Round
xWin 14–3 United States StoutCurtis Stout KO (Punches) Cage Rage 14: Punishment 02005-12-03 December 3, 2005 1 4:59 United Kingdom London, England. United Kingdom Defended Cage Rage Middleweight Championship
xWin 13–3 United States RiveraJorge Rivera TKO (Knees and Punches) Cage Rage 11: Face Off 02005-04-30 April 30, 2005 2 3:53 United Kingdom London, England, United Kingdom Defended Cage Rage Middleweight Championship
xLoss 12–3 Japan ChonanRyo Chonan Submission (Flying Scissor Heel Hook) Pride Shockwave 2004 02004-12-31 December 31, 2004 3 3:08 Japan Saitama, Japan
xWin 12–2 United Kingdom MurrayLee Murray Decision (Unanimous) Cage Rage 8: Knights of the Octagon 02004-09-11 September 11, 2004 3 5:00 United Kingdom London, England, United Kingdom Won Cage Rage Middleweight Championship
xWin 11–2 United States HornJeremy Horn Decision (Unanimous) Gladiator FC: Day 2 02004-06-27 June 27, 2004 3 5:00 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
xWin 10–2 Brazil dos AnjosWaldir dos Anjos TKO (Corner Stoppage) Conquista Fight 1 02003-12-20 December 20, 2003 1 5:00 Brazil Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
xLoss 9–2 Japan TakaseDaiju Takase Submission (Triangle Choke) Pride 26: Bad to the Bone 02003-06-08 June 8, 2003 1 8:33 Japan Yokohama, Japan
xWin 9–1 Canada NewtonCarlos Newton KO (Flying Knee and Punches) Pride 25: Body Blow 02003-03-16 March 16, 2003 1 6:27 Japan Yokohama, Japan
xWin 8–1 Japan OtsukaAlexander Otsuka Decision (Unanimous) Pride 22: Beasts From The East 2 02002-09-29 September 29, 2002 3 5:00 Japan Nagoya, Japan
xWin 7–1 United States StiebingAlex Stiebling TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Pride 21: Demolition 02002-06-23 June 23, 2002 1 1:23 Japan Saitama, Japan
xWin 6–1 Brazil CarneiroRoan Carneiro Submission (Punches) Mecca: World Vale Tudo 6 02002-01-31 January 31, 2002 1 5:32 Brazil Curitiba, Brazil
xWin 5–1 Japan SakuraiHayato Sakurai Decision (Unanimous) Shooto: To The Top 7 02001-08-26 August 26, 2001 3 5:00 Japan Osaka, Japan Won Shooto Middleweight Championship (167 pounds)
xWin 4–1 Brazil AlbuquerqueIsrael Albuquerque Submission (Strikes) Mecca: World Vale Tudo 5 02001-06-09 June 9, 2001 1 6:17 Brazil Curitiba, Brazil
xWin 3–1 Japan KatoTetsuji Kato Decision (Unanimous) Shooto: To The Top 2 02001-03-02 March 2, 2001 3 5:00 Japan Tokyo, Japan
xWin 2–1 Brazil FontinelleClaudionor Fontinelle TKO (Strikes) Mecca: World Vale Tudo 4 02000-12-16 December 16, 2000 1 4:35 Brazil Curitiba, Brazil
xWin 1–1 Brazil BarretoJose Barreto TKO (Strikes) Mecca: World Vale Tudo 2 02000-08-12 August 12, 2000 1 1:06 Brazil Curitiba, Brazil
xLoss 0–1 Brazil AzeredoLuiz Azeredo Decision Mecca: World Vale Tudo 1 02000-05-27 May 27, 2000 2 10:00 Brazil Curitiba, Brazil

[edit] Boxing Record

Result Record Opponent Method Date Round Time Location Notes
xWin 1-1 Brazil Julio Cesar De Jesus KO 02005-08-06 August 6, 2005 2 2:01 Brazil Ginasio Antonio Balbino, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
xLoss 0-1 Brazil Osmar Luiz Teixeira TKO 01998-Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" 1998 2 1:31 Brazil Uniao da Vitoria, Parana, Brazil Debut

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Preceded by
Rich Franklin		 5th UFC Middleweight Champion
October 14, 2006-Present		 Current holder
Preceded by
Dan Henderson		 2nd Pride FC Welterweight Champion
March 1, 2008		 Title Unified with UFC Middleweight Championship
Vacant
Title last held by
Paul Jenkins		 2nd Cage Rage Middleweight Champion
September 11, 2004 – October 20, 2008		 Parent promotion EliteXC folded
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