Anderson Silva (kickboxer)

Silva began started his kickboxing career at Combat Sport gym in São Paulo, Brazil when he was around 12 or 13 years old. His fighters middle name "Braddock" comes from Col. James Braddock, from the movie Missing In Action. In 2007 Braddock was called up by Peter Aerts, as a sparring partner. Silva moved to Netherlands where he joined Thom Harinck's Chakuriki Gym and made his It's Showtime debut.[4]

Silva took part in the 2009 VIP Fight Night Heavyweight tournament. He defeated Danyo Ilunga by a second round TKO in the quarterfinals, Patrick Liedert by a second round TKO in the semifinals, and faced Hesdy Gerges in the finals. Silva won the fight by TKO in the first round, as Gerges suffered a leg injury in the first round.[5]

He next participated in the 2009 Amsterdam Fight Club four man tournament. Despite beating Brian Douwes by an extra round decision in the semifinals, he lost the final fight against Tomáš Hron by decision.[6]

Anderson Braddock Silva vs. Cătălin Moroșanu in 2012

After a mixed record with the It's Showtime! promotion, during which he scored victories over Stefan Leko, Freddy Kemayo and Michael Duut, Silva participated in the SUPERKOMBAT Heavyweight World Grand Prix. He defeated Nikolaj Falin by unanimous decision in the semifinals, but lost a decision in turn to Cătălin Moroşanu in the finals.[7]

Following the Badr Hari fight, he returned to Brazil to train at Team Nogueira.[8]

He faced returning legend Remy Bonjasky at Glory 2: Brussels on October 6, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.[9] After a close three rounds, the bout was called a draw and went into an extension round. He faded and allowed Bonjasky to get the better of him, losing a majority decision.[10][11]

He competed in the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012. At the opening stage, he defeated Igor Jurković by TKO after dropping the Croatian twice in round one. He was then eliminated in the quarter-finals, however, when he fell victim to Gökhan Saki's left hook in the closing seconds of round one. This was the first stoppage loss of his career.[12][13]

Braddock was scheduled to fight Singh Jaideep at Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam on May 3, 2013 but the bout was cancelled.[14][15]

He then faced Daniel Sam at Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam in New York City on June 22, 2013[16] and won by unanimous decision.[17][18][19]

He lost to Daniel Ghiță by first round body kick KO in the semi-finals of Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States in October 2013.[20][21][22][23][24]

He defeated Remy Bonjasky by unanimous decision in a rematch at Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.[25][26]

He defeated Sergei Kharitonov via UD in the semi-finals before suffering a first-round TKO at the hands of Errol Zimmerman in the final of the Glory 16: Denver - Heavyweight Contendership Tournament in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014.[27][28]

Moving away briefly from Glory, Anderson fought Sergei Kharitonov for the W5 World Heavyweight Title. Kharitonov won the fight by a second round TKO.[29]

Returning to Glory, Silva achieved a mixed record, losing to Jamal Ben Saddik and Ismael Londt, but defeating Maurice Greene and Gordon Haupt. Desipte alternating wins and losses, Silva was neverhteless given a chance to fight Rico Verhoeven for the Glory Heavyweight title.[30] Verhoeven won the fight by TKO, after knocking Silva down three times in the second round.[31]

Silva participated in the 2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament. He beat Giannis Stoforidis by TKO in the semifinals, but lost a unanimous decision to D'Angelo Marshall in the finals.[32]

In his first fight with ONE, Silva defeated Andre Meunier by a first round right hook knockout. He subsequently lost to Tarik Khbabez by unanimous decision.[33]

Silva returned to winning ways with a first round TKO of Beybulat Isaev, but lost his next fight against Andrei Stoica by a first round knockout.[34]

He is scheduled to fight Murat Aygün, as a late notice replacement for Roman Kryklia.[35] Aygun won the fight by unanimous decision.[36]

• Demolition Fight
  • 2007 Brazilian Cruiserweight Championship
• Glory
  • 2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament Runner-up
  • 2014 Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209 lb) Contender Tournament Runner-up
• VIP Fight Night
  • 2009 VIP Fight Night Tournament Champion
• SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
  • 2012 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I Tournament Runner-up