dunno if this has been posted before, but here we go:
- Anderson da Silva was born on April 14, 1975 in Curitiba, Brazil.
- He started training in Tae Kwon Do at age 14.
- His current MMA record stands at 19-4 (11 knockouts, 3 submissions).
- He is efficient in Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and boxing
- Silva actually holds a boxing record, having made his first professional boxing debut in 2005, at a gym in Brazil, where he KO’d his opponent in the 2nd round.
- Anderson Silva is the current Cage Rage Champion in the Middleweight division, holding the current longest reign.
- Anderson Silva has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu which he earned under Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira, who recently made his UFC debut at Silva’s first title defence.
- He is currently working towards a degree in Physical Education
- Previously a relative unknown in North America, Silva made his debut at Ultimate Fight Night 5 on June 28, 2006. His opponent was Chris Leben, who had been undefeated with a 5-win streak. The Spider walked away victorious 49 seconds into the first round.
- Following his victory over Chris Leben, the UFC tallied a poll on their main page, asking participants to select Silva's next opponent; the majority of the voters selected UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin.
- Silva was given his chance at the title at UFC 64 on October 14th 2006, defeating Rich Franklin by TKO (Strikes) in 2 minutes and 59 seconds in the first round.
- Silva is the only fighter to have beat Rich Franklin, aside from Lyoto Machida in 2003.
- He has won 3 of his 4 fights within the UFC by knockouts in the first round.
- Number of times Anderson Silva has treated UFC fans to his saucy little victory dance: 2 (Once after his knockout victory over Chris Leben, and the other after submitting Travis Lutter by Triangle Choke.)
i know we all know these facts, but whatever...
SOURCE:
http://sports.sympatico.msn.ca/Fast+...hio.htm?isfa=1
