- Thiago Silva
MMAstatsbox
name = Thiago Silva
imagesize =
nick =
height = 6 ft 1 inch (185 cm)
weight = 205lbs (93kg)
birthdate =birth date and age|year=1982|month=11|day=12
hometown =Sao Paulo ,Brazil
died =
fightingfrom =Curitiba, Brazil
fightteam=American Top Team
fightstyle =Brazilian jiu-jitsu ,Muay Thai ,Boxing
wins = 13
losses = 0
draws = 0
ko = 10
nocontest =
submissions = 2Thiago Anderson Ramos Da Silva (born
November 12 ,1982 ) is a professionalmixed martial arts fighter who trains withAmerican Top Team out of Florida. Silva is aBrazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, and is a strongMuay Thai fighter, as is typical ofChute Boxe Academy fighters (having originally trained there). He fights as a Light Heavyweight with theUFC .Mixed martial arts career
Thiago made his UFC debut against James Irvin at
UFC 71 onMay 26 ,2007 . He won by TKO (due to a knee injury) in the first round. Silva then won his next fight against UFC newcomerTomasz Drwal atUFC 75 . [http://www.ufcdaily.com/2007/07/19/ufc-75-tomasz-drwal-to-debut-against-thiago-silva/]Silva beat
Houston Alexander atUFC 78 by technical knockout due to (strikes from mount) in round one. Silva took Houston down toside control and eventually got a mount. While mounted Silva landed punches to Alexander's head until the referee finally called a stop to the fight. The replay showed that Alexander had been knocked out.Thiago defeated
Antonio Mendes atUFC 84 by submission due to strikes in Las Vegas.cite web
url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=11742
title=Silva Gets New Opponent for UFC 84
last=Savage
first=Greg
publisher=Sherdog.com
date=March 10, 2008
accessdate=2008-03-13]He was due to fight
Lyoto Machida at but withdrew due to an injured back. Rather than Machida fighting a new opponent, the match up has been delayed.Personal life
Thiago is married. [ [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=12064 Worse than that, Silva’s increasing popularity back home has forced him to take extreme measures to ensure his wife’s safety while he pursues his craft here in the States.] ]
Thiago lists former
PRIDE middleweight champion and current UFC fighterWanderlei Silva as his hero on his UFC profile. [ [http://www.ufc.com/ThiagoSilva "Fighter Profile: Thiago Silva"] . UFC.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-18.]Mixed martial arts record
References
External links
*sherdog|id=14396
* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=634 Thiago Silva's UFC profile]See also
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Tiago Silva , a different spelling to this name
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