Anderson Silva
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| Born | Anderson da Silva April 14, 1975 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Other names | The Spider |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Division |
Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
| Reach | 77.5 in (197 cm) |
| Style | Muay Thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | Curitiba, Brazil |
| Team |
Chute Boxe Academy Muay Thai Dream Team Black House Team Nogueira |
| Trainer | Boxing: Josuel Distak and Luiz Dorea Jiu-Jitsu: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Sylvio Behring and Ramon Lemos Wrestling: Mark Munoz Muay Thai: Pedro Rizzo |
| Rank | Black prajied in Muay Thai 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Black belt in Judo 5th dan black belt in Taekwondo Yellow rope in Capoeira under Master Sidinho |
| Years active | 1997 – present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 2 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 42 |
| Wins | 33 |
| By knockout | 20 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Losses | 8 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 3 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Spouse | Dayane |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | www |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Anderson da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Middleweight Champion. Silva holds the longest title streak in UFC history, which ended in 2013 after 2,457 days, with 16 consecutive wins and 10 title defenses. He has 13 post-fight bonuses, the second most in UFC history. UFC president Dana White and several mixed-martial-arts publications have called Silva the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. He is currently ranked the #6 contender in official UFC middleweight rankings.
Anderson Silva was born April 14, 1975, a middle child of four. The son of a poverty-stricken family, Silva spent the majority of his childhood with his aunt and uncle, an officer with the Curitiba police force.
Silva first began training jiu-jitsu with neighborhood kids who could afford lessons. He explained his introduction to martial arts in an interview with FIGHT! Magazine: “When I started out, Jiu-Jitsu was really an elite thing in Brazil, and there was some prejudice towards poorer kids, so I had to learn things on my own... Some of my neighbors started doing Jiu-Jitsu, so I started watching it, and then started rolling with them. It wasn’t organized training, but it was better than nothing.” By the age of thirteen his family was able to set aside enough money to start him in Tae Kwon Do lessons, from which he moved on to Capoeira, before finally settling on Muay Thai at the age of sixteen.
Before he began his career as a professional fighter, Silva worked at McDonalds, and also as a file clerk. He considers Spider-Man, Bruce Lee, Muhammad Ali and his mother as biggest of his personal heroes, and has a stated love of comic books and comic book heroes.
Although known primarily for his mastery of Muay Thai striking, Silva is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a rank he earned in 2005 from Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira who follows the Gracie Lineage through Carlson Gracie, like Murilo Bustamante and the Brazilian Top Team. He began martial arts training at the age of 13, training Tae Kwon Do and earning a black belt by the age of 18. He is also a black belt in Judo, a yellow rope in Capoeira and is a professional boxer.
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