Anderson Silva News

Russell Ess - January 26, 2017

Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva wants a piece of the current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Although technically two weight classes apart as of their last fights, McGregor has fought Nate Diaz twice at welterweight.

Tom Taylor - January 22, 2017

Anderson Silva is the greatest middleweight in the history of our sport. In fact, he could even be the greatest fighter ever, period. As such, his opinion on the state of the UFC and the larger MMA landscape will always be very interesting. In a recent interview with Brazilian TV show Combate News, Silva weighed in on the current state of the UFC, and how things have changed since it was sold by Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, and purchased by entertainment giant WME-IMG.

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2017

On February 11th at UFC 208, former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva will step into the Octagon for a highly anticipated showdown with middleweight prospect Derek Brunson. For Anderson Silva, he will be looking to return to the win column and secure his first win since his 2012 win over Stephan Bonnar. While Silva defeated Nick Diaz in early 2015, he failed a drug test for PEDs, and the win was overturned to a no contest. As a result, Anderson Silva is currently on a 4-fight skid that is broken into a 2-fight skid by the no contest with Diaz. Following his no contest fight with Diaz, Silva dropped a controversial unanimous decision to Michael Bisping in London, before then stepping in on just 48 hours notice to fight Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 in July, where he dropped a unanimous decision.

bjpenndotcom - January 18, 2017

Since suffering the second straight defeat of her professional career, several members of the MMA community have continued to offer Ronda Rousey support. There were many questions regarding how Ronda Rousey‘s striking would look leading up to the fight after having taken a year off following her UFC 193 loss to Holly Holm in November of 2015, however when Rousey stepped into the Octagon with Amanda Nunes at UFC 207, it didn’t take long for Nunes to expose Rousey’s underdeveloped striking game.

Tom Taylor - January 16, 2017

These days, it seems that pretty much everybody wants to fight UFC lightweight champ and bona fide MMA megastar Conor McGregor. You can add middleweight legend Anderson Silva to that list. Silva explained this desire in a recent interview with Brazilian media outlet GloboTV. His words:

Chris Taylor - January 13, 2017

Next months UFC 208 event in Brooklyn just received a huge addition as UFC President Dana White announced that former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva would be returning to the octagon to take on Derek Brunson. Anderson Silva will compete for the first time since suffering a decision loss to current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier at July’s UFC 200 event.

Russell Ess - January 13, 2017

Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva knows the fight game well. With holding the record for the most consecutive title defenses in the UFC, Silva is a legend of the sport. Many often argue and debate over of who is considered the greatest MMA fighter of all time and the “Spider” is one of those that is constantly brought up.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2017

Nearly a year ago, former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva stepped into the Octagon in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: London’ to square off with fellow MMA veteran Michael Bisping. The fight went the distance, and was certainly a controversial one, with Bisping ultimately being awarded the unanimous decision win in front of his hometown fans. With that being said however, at the end of the third round, Bisping motioned to referee Herb Dean in order to get his mouthpiece back. Dean did not step in and call a timeout, and Silva capitalized, landing a flying knee that dropped ‘The Count’ as the round ended. While Silva celebrated what he thought was a win, Bisping was recovering between rounds before the start of the fourth round.

Chris Taylor - December 18, 2016

UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping kicked off his remarkable 2016 campaign by earning a unanimous decision victory over former division kingpin Anderson Silva in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night 84’ on February 27 in Manchester, England. Bisping would follow up his five-round decision victory over “The Spider” by earning a short-notice first-round knockout victory over Luke Rockhold at June’s UFC 199 event, thus claiming the UFC’s coveted middleweight title.

Russell Ess - November 8, 2016

Many fans were upset to hear the news that UFC 205 lost a big fight on Tuesday. Tim Kennedy just arrived in New York for his scheduled match against Rashad Evans on Tuesday only to find out that Evans was pulled from competition. Evans told MMA Fighting that he was in great shape and that no one needed to worry about him but was facing an issue with the athletic commission in New York that will not allow him to compete.

Tom Taylor - October 30, 2016

Anderson Silva, who is widely considered the greatest fighter in the history of mixed martial arts, is the keeper of many impressive records. He’s headlined more pay-per-views than any fighter in UFC history, at 15. He’s tied with Vitor Belfort for the most finishes achieved in UFC history, at 15. He’s earned more knockdowns than any fighter in UFC history, at 18 He’s the owner of the longest winning streak in UFC history, at 16 wins. He’s the longest reigning champion in UFC history, having sat atop the middleweight throne for 2,457 days. During that reign he made more consecutive title defenses than any fighter in UFC history, at 10.

bjpenndotcom - October 18, 2016

While interim UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is still unhappy with the UFC brass given that they didn’t force UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor to take a fight with him after his UFC 202 majority decision win over Nate Diaz, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has taken a step back. After it was announced that Conor McGregor would be moving to lightweight to fight Eddie Alvarez in the main event of UFC 205, rather than drop back down to featherweight for a rematch with Jose Aldo, who he knocked out in 13 seconds in December of 2013, Aldo requested his release from the promotion with the intention to retire and move to another sport entirely.

Chris Taylor - October 8, 2016

According to Anderson Silva’s son, his father will be fighting former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (25-2 MMA) this December. Check out his Instagram post below:

Chris Taylor - October 7, 2016

Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre spoke with Canadian Sports Outlet “RDS” two days ago and stated that he would be making a “big announcement” next week. Rumors are now swirling that GSP’s big announcement could be a super-fight with former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson “The Spider” Silva, which would headline the UFC 206 pay-per-view event set for December 10 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

When it was revealed that just 48 hours before UFC 200, interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones would be unable to fight Daniel Cormier for the undisputed light heavyweight championship due to a failed out-of-competition drug test the month prior, former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva stepped up to take Jones’ place. On just two days notice, Silva stepped into the Octagon on July 9th and fought Cormier in a non-title light heavyweight scrap.

bjpenndotcom - October 2, 2016

http://youtu.be/Cj6MGcpTSzI Anderson Silva is back to the gym and appears to be training for another fight following his short-notice decision loss to light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.

bjpenndotcom - August 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/3skeQb0sh18 Last month, on the main card of UFC 200, Anderson Silva stepped into the Octagon to fight UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.

Russell Ess - August 9, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor made a few more enemies after calling nearly all of the WWE wrestlers “puss–s” recently on a UFC 202 media conference call. Even after the backlash from fans and quite a few professional wrestlers, McGregor never back peddled one bit, following up with a tweet saying that he would “slap the head off” the entire WWE roster, and would even do it “twice on Sunday’s.”