Anderson Silva
The Spider
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Born in São Paulo and raised in Curitiba, Silva began practicing jiu-jitsu as a child before adding taekwondo, capoeira and muay thai in his teens. He turned professional in 1997, quickly amassing a nine-fight winning streak and capturing the Shooto Middleweight title in 2001. After a stint in Pride, where he recorded notable victories over Alex Stiebling and Alexander Otsuka and suffered a rare l…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
