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Anderson is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Middleweight Champion. Silva was the UFC's longest reigning champion and also holds the longest winning and title defense streak in UFC history, with 16 consecutive wins and 10 title defenses, and is the consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world according to ESPN, Sherdog, Yahoo! Sports and other publications. Silva holds notable victories over former champions Carlos Newton, Hayato Sakurai, Chris Leben, Rich Franklin(x2), Dan Henderson, Forrest Griffin and Vitor Belfort. UFC president Dana White has called Silva "the greatest mixed martial artist ever. Anderson Silva was born April 14, 1975, a middle child of four. The son of a poverty stricken family, Silva spent the majority of his childhood with his aunt and uncle, an officer with the Curitiba police force. Silva has three sons and two daughters with his wife, Dayane. Silva appeared in Never Surrender in 2009 and a documentary about his life in the UFC called Like Water, released in 2011.

Silva first began training Jiu Jitsu with neighborhood kids who could afford lessons. By the age of 12, his family was able to set aside enough money to start him in Tae Kwon Do lessons, from which he moved on to Capoeira, before finally settling on Muay Thai at the age of 16.

Before he began his career as a professional fighter, Silva worked at McDonalds, and also as a file clerk. He also considers Spider-Man a personal hero, and has a stated love of comic books and comic book heroes. Film and television is one of his greatest passions and he can see himself heavily immersed in the industry in the future.

He learned some moves with the actor and master of Aikido, Steven Seagal.

Got Knocked-Out by his trainer José &quot;Pelé Landi-Jons in a Muay Thai
fight.

He has 5 children with Dayane - Kaory, Gabriel, Kalyl, Kauana and Joao Vitor.

Successfully defended his UFC Middleweight title for the 4th time against &#39;Patrick Cote&#39;, tying <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1105254/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Royce Gracie</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2106370/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Jon Fitch</a>&#39;s record of 8 straight wins in the UFC Octagon. (October 2008)

During his Vale Tudo and MMA career, Anderson holds wins over household
names such as Jeremy Horn, Carlos Newton, Lee Murray, Hayato Sakurai, Jorge Rivera, Chris Leben, Rich Franklin, James Irvin, Travis Lutter, Nate Quarry and Dan Henderson.

Was personally trained in Muay Thai and in Vale Tudo by MMA legend José
&quot;Pelé&quot; Landi-Jons. Both men left Chute Boxe Academy to form the Muay
Thai Dream Team Academy in Curitiba, Brazil.

A member of Black House MMA. Other members are <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm4211283/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Justin Lawrence</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2611595/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Thales Leites</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm3909159/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Eduardo Pamplona</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm4055133/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Andre Galvao</a>,<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm3840994/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Antonio Rogerio Nogueira</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm4165246/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Fabricio Camoes</a>,<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm3661216/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">José Aldo</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2545821/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Lyoto Machida</a>,<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2718497/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm3027852/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Rafael Cavalcante</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1984278/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Pedro Rizzo</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm3879360/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Rafael dos Anjos</a>.

He has written a book about himself called &quot;Anderson Spider Silva - O Relato de um Campeao nos Ringues e na Vida (The Relates from a Champion in the Rings &amp; Life)&quot; (2012).

Successfully defended his UFC Middleweight title for the 5th time against <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2611595/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Thales Leites</a>, extending his current win streak in the UFC to 9 fights, and breaking <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1105254/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Royce Gracie</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2106370/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Jon Fitch</a>&#39;s record of 8 straight wins in the UFC Octagon. (April 2009)

Was an ex-member of the infamous Vale Tudo Academy Chute Boxe in
Curitiba, Brazil.

After his lightning KO win over <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1854969/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Chris Leben</a>, Anderson is preparing his next UFC fight by training alongside MMA legend <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2718497/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira</a>. (July 2006)

He is trained in and utilizes Muay Thai, Brazilian JiuJitsu, Wing Chun, Boxing, Judo, Capoeira, Jeet Kune Do and Taekwondo.

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