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Anderson Silva

Brazilian mixed martial artist
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Anderson Silva

Anderson da Silva[1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer.[2] He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 and ended in 2013 and included a UFC record 16 consecutive victories in that span.[3][4] Silva left the UFC in November 2020 and returned to boxing.[5]

UFC president Dana White, UFC commentator Joe Rogan and numerous mixed martial arts (MMA) pundits have named Silva as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time.[6][7][8][9][10][11] Silva was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in July 2023.

Background

Silva was born on 14 April 1975, in São Paulo, Brazil.[12] The son of a poverty-stricken family, he spent the majority of his childhood in Curitiba with his aunt and uncle, who was an officer with the Curitiba police force.[13] Silva's first foray in martial arts began as a child training jiu-jitsu with neighborhood kids. As a teen, Silva began training in taekwondo, capoeira and muay thai.[13]

Fighting style

An expert in Muay Thai, boxing and taekwondo, Silva is primarily a stand-up fighter. Owner of numerous UFC offensive striking records, Silva is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the history of MMA and many consider him the best of all time. During his time in the UFC, he had a striking accuracy of 60%, attempting 1300 strikes and landing 779.[14][15][16]

Silva's striking accuracy, knockout power, technically vicious Muay Thai and ability to counterstrike makes him a danger to his opponents.[17][18] Silva's striking uses three major strengths: technical precision, the jab, and transitions and movement.[19] Silva switches from southpaw to orthodox with little drop-off in effectiveness.[20] Although it has been claimed that his ground game is not as good as his stand-up,[21] Silva has submitted notable grapplers, including Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Travis Lutter and Olympic alternate Chael Sonnen.

Personal life

Silva has three sons and two daughters with his wife, Dayane.[22][23][24][25]

Before he began his career as a professional fighter, Silva worked at McDonald's, 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.[26]

Silva has said on numerous occasions that he believes long-time friend and former UFC Lightweight Champion and UFC Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn to be the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the history of the sport.[27][28][29][30]

Silva expressed interest in competing in the sport of taekwondo and boxing.[31] He floated around the idea of competing at the Olympics in taekwondo and fighting Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match.[32][33]

Silva became a naturalized U.S. citizen in July 2019.[34]

Silva has also starred in the 2014 action drama film Tapped Out[35] and the 2019 crime action film The Invincible Dragon.[36] In November 2023, Paramount+ released a drama 5-episode mini-series entitled Anderson "The Spider" Silva in the Brazilian and Canadian markets which documented Silva's life including his UFC career with Bruno Vinicius playing the role of Silva.[37]

Filmography

Television and film

Year Title Role
2009 Never Surrender Spider
2009 Hell's Chain King Anaconda
2011 Like Water Himself
2013 Til Death Do Us Part 2 Andrew Silver
2013 Worms Hairy (voice)
2014 Tapped Out Anderson[35]
2014 Monday Nights at Seven Mateus
2017 Ultimate Beastmaster Himself/host
2019 The Invincible Dragon Alexander Sinclair[36]


References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named fn
  2. ↑ https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/152826 Template:Bare URL inline
  3. ↑ "ESPN.go.com April 10, 2010". ESPN. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  4. ↑ FightMetric. "Upon further review, @JoeLauzon still one fight night bonus behind @SpiderAnderson". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Chiari, Mike. "Report: Anderson Silva Parts Ways with UFC with 1 Fight Left on Contract". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Greatest Mixed Martial Artist ever". MMAfighting. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Updated monthly". USA Today. 5 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "FIGHTHYPE PREVIEW: UFC 162 SILVA VS. WEIDMAN". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "UFC 162: Chris Weidman hot pick to upset Anderson Silva". Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Is it too early to talk about Anderson Silva's legacy in the UFC?". CNN. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  12. ↑ Ricardo Miguel (October 2007). "Fighter Profile: Anderson Silva". FIGHTMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 FIGHT! Magazine Staff. "Biography". FIGHT! Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "Anderson Silva | UFC". www.ufc.com. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  15. ↑ Dreisbach, Blake (12 January 2011). "BJ Penn, Anderson Silva and the 15 Best Boxers in MMA". BleacherReport.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  16. ↑ "Why Anderson Silva is the best p4p fighter in the world | UFC News". LowKick.com. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  17. ↑ Saenz, Oliver (22 January 2011). "5 Reasons Anderson Silva Could Beat Georges St. Pierre". Fighters.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  18. ↑ Saenz, Oliver (19 July 2010). "Great Moments in MMA History: Anderson Silva vs. Chris Leben". Fighters.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  19. ↑ Nate, Kid (6 August 2010). "UFC 117 Preview: Head Kick Legend Analyzes the Kick Boxing of Anderson Silva". Bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  20. ↑ "Danger awaits as Silva encounters The Phenom". ESPN. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  21. ↑ Rome, Michael (5 April 2010). "Anderson Silva's Mysteriously Successful Ground Game". BloodyElbow.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  22. ↑ Hendricks, Maggie (4 November 2011). "Anderson Silva has tough sparring session to get ready for Belfort". Yahoo.com.
  23. ↑ Alonso, Marcelo (15 October 2011). "Silva, Team Celebrate 'Like Water' Doc at Rio Film Festival". Sherdog.com.
  24. ↑ "Never Surrender (2009)". imdb.com. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  25. ↑ La Monica, Mark (30 April 2011). "Anderson Silva's 'Like Water' wins at Tribeca Film Festival". Newsday. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "Anderson "The Spider" Silva - Official UFC Fighter Profile". UFC.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  27. ↑ "Anderson Silva Says BJ Penn is the Greatest Mixed Martial Artist of All Time". Yahoo! Sports. 27 June 2013.
  28. ↑ Chiappetta, Mike (26 June 2013). "Who is MMA's best of all time? Anderson Silva says it's B.J. Penn". MMAFighting.
  29. ↑ Hall, Chris (26 June 2013). "Anderson Silva calls B.J. Penn greatest fighter of all time". BloodyElbow. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  30. ↑ Mowatt, Kelsey. "Anderson Silva: BJ Penn is Greatest Fighter Ever". MMAFrenzy.
  31. ↑ "Dana White nixes Anderson Silva's 2016 Olympics taekwondo bid". foxsports.com.
  32. ↑ Pishna, Ken (11 March 2008). "Anderson Silva Does Want to Box Roy Jones, Jr". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  33. ↑ "Dana White won't permit Silva-Jones Jr. fight". Sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008.
  34. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named uscitizen
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Vlessing, Etan (4 November 2013). "AFM: Lionsgate, Grindstone Take U.S. Rights to Allan Ungar's 'Tapped' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Lee, Edmund (20 June 2019). "Invincible Dragon film review: Fruit Chan's outlandish crime thriller starring Max Zhang, Anderson Silva". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  37. ↑ "Biographical Series of Anderson Silva Releasing in 2023 on Paramount". Sherdog. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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