Anderson Silva aka The Spider

D.O.B.: 04/14/1975
Weight: 185lb/84kg
Height: 6'2"
Fighting style: Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,Boxing
MMA Record: 19 - 4 - 0
Team: Black House
Fighting out of: Curitiba, Brazil

Anderson 'The Spider' Silva is a Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter and the current UFC Middleweight Champion. He is also the current Cage Rage World Middleweight champion, the longest-reigning champion in that promotion. He has competed in other promotions like PRIDE Fighting Championship, Shooto, and Rumble on the Rock, and holds wins over fighters such as Rich Franklin, Hayato Sakurai, Carlos Newton, and Lee Murray. Once a member of the famed Chute Boxe Academy, he later left and formed the Muay Thai Dream Team. As of late November 2006, he formed a new team called Black House (Casa Preta in Portugese) with Assuerio Silva, Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, and Carlos Barreto. Although known primarily for his skills in Muay Thai, Silva is also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which he earned in 2005 from Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.