He has been referred to as the greatestprofessional MMA fighter of all time by multiple experts at many times, including UFC presidentBorn in poverty-stricken situations in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Anderson Silva’s first introduction to martialarts was in the streets of his neighbourhood training jiu-jitsu with other kids. KO/TKO
U-DEC But Anderson Silva snatched aAfter this, UFC conducted a poll for the viewers to choose Silva’s next opponent, and it came downto Rich Franklin whom he defeated by TKO once again at 3 minutes.
He has also appeared in multiple movies and TV shows. KO/TKO KO/TKO
Latest on Anderson Silva including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN But soon he also gotAnderson Silva started out his MMA career in Brazil itself, in the welterweight category, in 1997.There he had a nine-fight winning streak, after which he went to Japan. He fought the then Shootochampion Hayato Sakurai there, who was till then unbeaten in 20 fights. KO/TKO KO/TKO He has remained an UFC middleweight champion and holds therecord of the longest title reign in the history of UFC at 2,457 days. U-DEC
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Anderson da Silva, also known as The Spider, is a Brazilian MMA fighter, currently participating inUFC out of Los Angeles, California. Decision
Overturned But he has beenexonerated and free to resume fighting since November, 2018.Despite all the calls for his retirement post his reign, Anderson Silva has continued to fight at MMAand plans to do so. His next fight is against Israel Adesanya on February 10, 2019 at UFC 234. KO/TKO
Record of opponents, results, … Being unknown of Silva’s calibre, Leben, who was then on a five-winstreak, claimed that he would knockout Silva in a pre-fight interview. He lost the title to Chris WeidmanIn between 2016 and 2018, he has been caught with drug abuse controversies. U-DEC KO/TKO U-DEC
His reign started in 2006 andended in 2013 with 16 consecutive victories in between.
SUB Latest on Chris Weidman including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN Silva was crowned the new UFCMiddleweight champion, becoming only the second man to defeat Franklin. KO/TKO KO/TKO Over the next 6 years,he kept on successfully defending the title against Travis Lutter, Nate Marquardt, Rich Franklin(again), Dan Henderson, Patrick Cote, Demian Maia and others.
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U-DEC Record: 34-10-0 (1 NC) Click on row to see detailed stats W/L Fighter Str Td Sub Pass Event Method Round Time …
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KO/TKO KO/TKO KO/TKO He has remained an UFC middleweight champion and holds the KO/TKO His bout with KevinGastelum in 2017 was cancelled on the grounds of him failing USADA drug test. The most in depth stats for UFC/MMA fighter Anderson Silva.