Fighting Style
Anderson “The Spider” Silva was born April 14, 1975 and is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter.
He is mostly known in the UFC and is currently the UFC Middleweight Champion. Anderson Silva has 10
consecutive wins which is the longest active winning streak in the UFC history. He follows under
Gracie Lineage through Carlson Gracie, ergo Murilo Bustamante and the Brazilian Top Team holding
a black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Anderson also trains with the UFC Light Heavyweight
Champion Lyoto Machida. He is very well known for his striking ability, most of his
fights ending in TKOs. Other then being the UFC Middleweight Champion he is also the last Cage Rage
Middleweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight champion. His fighting style is Muay Thai
for his striking and for his ground game Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He signed with UFC in late April
2006 and his first fight in the UFC would be again Chris Leben which he TKO. After showing Dana
White, the owner of UFC, and the fans of the UFC that he was a dominant fighter, he would fight against
the UFC Middleweight Champion Rich “Ace” Franklin. Anderson Silva would be the 2nd person to
win a fight against Rich Franklin, Rich’s first defeat would be by Anderson’s teammate Lyoto Machida.
Winning the fight against Rich Franklin got Anderson the UFC middleweight belt.
