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My Take
For me, Anderson Silva is the closest mixed martial arts has come to producing a genuine artist. The São Paulo native blended boxing, judo, taekwondo and Muay Thai into a style that looked less like fighting than choreography, and his 2,457-day UFC middleweight reign remains a record that feels almost untouchable. What I love is the audacity: the slipped punches, the hands-down counters, the way he seemed to enjoy the danger. Even his later pivot to professional boxing, long past his prime, spoke to a refusal to stop testing himself. Plenty of fighters have been dominant, but few have made dominance look this beautiful.
Overview
Anderson da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion who unified the UFC Middleweight and Pride World Welterweight Championship, and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anderson Silva
- Name (Japanese)
- アンデウソン・シウバ
- Reading
- あんでうそん・しうば
- Born
- April 14, 1975 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer / judoka / mixed martial arts fighter / taekwondo athlete / Thai boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Boxer — see all → · Judoka — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.