Anderson Silva
UFC Middleweight Champion(October 14, 2006 - 10 Defenses)
Nickname:The Spider
Age:38
Birthday:April 14, 1975
Record:33-4-0-0
Wins By:
KO: 20 | Sub: 6 | Decision: 7
Losses By:
KO: 0 | Sub: 2 | Decision: 1
Height:6'2"/188cm
Weight:185lbs/84kg
Reach:77.6in/197cm
Division:Middleweight
City:Sao Paulo
Country:Brazil
Fights Out Of:Torrance, CA
Team:Black House, Nogueira
Strengths:One of the best P4P, Kicks, Striking
Twitter:@SpiderAnderson
Online:Website: http://www.spidersilva.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/spideranderson
Remarks:Had one Disqualification loss for an illegal upkick to Yushin Okami
Posters:
Fight History:
Win vs Stephan Bonnar by TKO (knee and punches) in Round 1 at 4:40. Event: UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar on October 13, 2012
Win vs Chael Sonnen by TKO (strikes) in Round 2 at 1:55. Event: UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II on July 7, 2012 (Knockout of the Night. Defended UFC Middleweight Belt and extended record for most consecutive title defenses (10))
Win vs Yushin Okami by TKO (punches) in Round 2 at 2:04. Event: UFC 134 on August 27, 2011 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship and extended record for most consecutive title defenses (9))
Win vs Vitor Belfort by KO (front kick and punches) in Round 1 at 3:25. Event: UFC 126 on February 5, 2011 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship Knockout of the Night.)
Win vs Chael Sonnen by Submission (triangle armbar) in Round 5 at 3:10. Event: UFC 117 on August 7, 2010 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship; Broke record for most consecutive wins (12); Fight & Submission of the Night.)
Win vs Demian Maia by Decision (unanimous) in Round 5 at 5:00. Event: UFC 112 on April 10, 2010 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship; Broke record for most consecutive title defenses (6).)
Win vs Forrest Griffin by KO (punch) in Round 1 at 3:23. Event: UFC 101 on August 8, 2009 (Light Heavyweight bout; Fight of the Night & Knockout of the Night.)
Win vs Thales Leites by Decision (unanimous) in Round 5 at 5:00. Event: UFC 97 on April 18, 2009 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship.)
Win vs Patrick Côté by TKO (knee injury) in Round 3 at 0:39. Event: UFC 90 on October 25, 2008 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship.)
Win vs James Irvin by KO (punches) in Round 1 at 1:01. Event: UFC: Silva vs Irvin on July 19, 2008 (Light Heavyweight bout; Irvin later tested positive for banned substances in the post fight drug test.)
Win vs Dan Henderson by Submission (rear-naked choke) in Round 2 at 4:50. Event: UFC 82 on March 1, 2008 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship; Fight & Submission of the Night; Unified PRIDE Welterweight & UFC Middleweight)
Win vs Rich Franklin by TKO (knees) in Round 2 at 1:07. Event: UFC 77 on October 20, 2007 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship; Knockout of the Night.)
Win vs Nate Marquardt by TKO (punches) in Round 1 at 4:50. Event: UFC 73 on July 7, 2007 (Defended UFC Middleweight Championship.)
Win vs Travis Lutter by Submission (elbows) in Round 2 at 2:11. Event: UFC 67 on February 3, 2007 (Non-title fight (Lutter did not make weight).)
Win vs Rich Franklin by KO (knee) in Round 1 at 2:59. Event: UFC 64 on October 14, 2006 (Won UFC Middleweight Championship.)
Win vs Chris Leben by KO (knee) in Round 1 at 0:49. Event: UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5 on June 28, 2006 (UFC Debut)
Win vs Tony Fryklund by KO (elbow) in Round 1 at 2:02. Event: Cage Rage 16 on April 22, 2006 (Defended Cage Rage World Middleweight Championship.)
Loss vs Yushin Okami by DQ (illegal kick) in Round 1 at 2:33. Event: Rumble on the Rock 8 on January 20, 2006 (ROTR WW Tourn. Opening Round; Silva was disqualified for using an illegal upkick that rendered Okami unable to continue)
Win vs Curtis Stout by KO (punches) in Round 1 at 4:59. Event: Cage Rage 14 on December 3, 2005 (Defended Cage Rage World Middleweight Championship.)
Win vs Jorge Rivera by TKO (knees and punches) in Round 2 at 3:53. Event: Cage Rage 11 on April 30, 2005 (Defended Cage Rage World Middleweight Championship.)
Loss vs Ryo Chonan by Submission (flying heel hook) in Round 3 at 3:08. Event: Pride Shockwave 2004 on December 31, 2004
Win vs Lee Murray by Decision (unanimous) in Round 3 at 5:00. Event: Cage Rage 8 on September 11, 2004 (Won Cage Rage World Middleweight Championship.)
Win vs Jeremy Horn by Decision (unanimous) in Round 3 at 5:00. Event: Gladiator FC: Day 2 on June 27, 2004
Win vs Waldir dos Anjos by TKO (corner stoppage) in Round 1 at 5:00. Event: Conquista Fight 1 on December 20, 2003
Loss vs Daiju Takase by Submission (triangle choke) in Round 1 at 8:33. Event: Pride 26 on June 8, 2003
Win vs Carlos Newton by KO (flying knee and punches) in Round 1 at 6:27. Event: Pride 25 on March 16, 2003
Win vs Alexander Otsuka by Decision (unanimous) in Round 3 at 5:00. Event: Pride 22 on September 29, 2002
Win vs Alex Stiebling by TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 1 at 1:23. Event: Pride 21 on June 23, 2002
Win vs Roan Carneiro by Submission (punches) in Round 1 at 5:32. Event: Mecca: World Vale Tudo 6 on January 31, 2002
Win vs Hayato Sakurai by Decision (unanimous) in Round 3 at 5:00. Event: Shooto: To The Top 7 on August 26, 2001 (Won Shooto Middleweight (168 pounds) Championship.)
Win vs Israel Albuquerque by Submission (punches) in Round 1 at 6:17. Event: Mecca: World Vale Tudo 5 on June 9, 2001
Win vs Tetsuji Kato by Decision (unanimous) in Round 3 at 5:00. Event: Shooto: To The Top 2 on March 2, 2001
Win vs Claudionor Fontinelle by TKO (punches and knees) in Round 1 at 4:35. Event: Mecca: World Vale Tudo 4 on December 16, 2000
Win vs Jose Barreto by TKO (head kick and punches) in Round 1 at 1:06. Event: Mecca: World Vale Tudo 2 on August 12, 2000
Loss vs Luiz Azeredo by Decision (unanimous) in Round 2 at 10. Event: Mecca: World Vale Tudo 1 on May 27, 2000
Win vs Fabrício Camões by TKO (retirement) in Round 1 at 25. Event: Brazilian Freestyle Circuit 1 on June 25, 1997
Win vs Raimundo Pinheiro by Submission (rear-naked choke) in Round 1 at 1:53. Event: Brazilian Freestyle Circuit 1 on June 25, 1997
Photos:
• Report: Anderson Silva fined $50,000 by UFC for missing media event (May 2013)
• Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman headliner title bout added to UFC 162 in Las Vegas, Nevada July 6 (Mar 2013)
• UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman (Mar 2013)
• UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar – Bonuses and Results (Oct 2012)
• UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar – Weigh-In Results (Oct 2012)
• UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar – Pre-Fight Press Conference (Oct 2012)
• UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar – Predictions and Discussion (Oct 2012)
• UFC 153 card resurrected with Silva-Bonnar, Maldonado-Teixeira, Herman-Nogueira (Sep 2012)
• Dana White Talks Anderson Silva vs Georges St-Pierre Superfight on UFC Tonight (Sep 2012)
• Dana White says Anderson Silva unlikely to return until 2013 (Aug 2012)
• UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar (Jul 2012)
• UFC 148 Salaries: Forrest Griffin top earner at $275,000 (Jul 2012)
• UFC 148 – Mr. Jenna Jameson and what makes Dana & Co tick by CryTuff (Jul 2012)
• UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II – Bonuses and Results (Jul 2012)
• UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II Weigh-In Results (Jul 2012)
• UFC 148: Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen Pre-Fight Press Conference (Jul 2012)
• UFC 148: Sonnen finally gets under Silva’s skin (Jun 2012)
• Tickets go on sale May 4th for UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II (Apr 2012)
• UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II (Mar 2012)
• UFC 147 shaping up nicely with Silva vs Sonnen II (Mar 2012)
• Bisping vs Sonnen now set for UFC on FOX 2 (Jan 2012)