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Anderson Silva - MMA Profile
Nickname The Spider
Height 6 ft 2 in
Weight 185 lb
Reach 77.5 in
Nationality Brazilian
Born April 14, 1975
Team/Association Minotauro Team
Primary fighting style Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 23
By knockout 14
By submission 4
By decision 5
Losses 4
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. After winning his first match in Japan he was put up against Shooto champion Hayato Sakurai. Silva beat Sakurai in a 3 round unanimous decision, and became the new Shooto Middleweight Champion (at 167 lbs) on August 26, 2001 in Japan and the 1st man to beat Sakurai who was undefeated in his first 20 fights.
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.
At Pride 26, Silva faced Daiju Takase. Considering his record at the time – with only four wins to seven losses – Takase was a strong 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.
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.
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.
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 face or to the head when your back's on the ground. So the rules weren’t explained to me properly." Nonetheless, Silva was disqualified, and remains bitter about the incident. "I feel it was a cheap, cowardly way of winning," said Silva. "People that were there saw that he was in the condition to come back and keep fighting, and he didn't."
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.
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, one of these fights believed to be for the UFC Middleweight Championship. It was not long before the UFC started promoting Silva, releasing an interview segment almost immediately after announcing his arrival.
Silva made his anticipated debut at Ultimate Fight Night 5 on June 28, 2006. His opponent was Chris Leben, a contestant from The Ultimate Fighter 1 reality show who had since gone undefeated in the UFC with five consecutive victories. A relatively unknown fighter in the United States, Silva made an emphatic debut when he knocked out Leben with a flurry of strikes, followed by a final knee strike at 49 seconds into the first round. 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 UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin.
Silva fought Franklin at UFC 64 on October 14, 2006. Silva defeated Franklin by TKO (strikes) at 2:59 in the first round. Silva hit Franklin with knees to the body in the Muay Thai-clinch, then badly broke Franklin's nose with a knee to the face. 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.
Roy Jones Jr.
Following his win over Dan Henderson, in an interview with MMA Weekly, Anderson Silva's manager stated that "Anderson would love to fight Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match up under boxing rules to prove that MMA fighters are technical, too.": UFC president, Dana White, later expressed that he would use his veto power to stop such a match from taking place.Anderson has just commented, "After my contract with the UFC is finished, I will setup the fight with Jones Jr. The fight has already been permitted by Jones himself."
Retirement
In an interview with Brazilian SporTV, Anderson Silva has stated that he has already given it his all and has decided to retire in 2009. However, in Sept 2008, Anderson's manager, Ed Soares, responded to the talk of retirement by saying that Anderson was contractually obligated to fight six more fights (one of which included his victory over Côté), 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. This likely means that Anderson will fight while he is 35 yrs old, well into 2010 (as title-holders usually fight three times per year).
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