Talk:Anderson Silva

Why is Wing Chun listed under his fighting style? His fighting style got nothing to do with Wing Chun. He practiced it a bit in 2016, but it is not and has never been his fighting style. I made this account just get that lie away from this page, but I can't edit it by myself... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmachampion (talk • contribs) 12:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Why is Wing Chun still listed as his fighting style? You could confuse people into thinking he got some deep relationship to Wing Chun. He practice it for fun in 2016, it was never his fighting style. What's next, you wanna state that Capoeira is his fighting style? Be a bit serious.

Broken leg, not shin

The shin is the Tibia only. Anderson broke both the Tibia and Fibula. The correct reason for his TKO is "broken leg." Someone please change this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.181.239 (talk) 21:33, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Silva is not 6'2" either. If you've seen him in real life, he's 6'.

Edit Request on 27 december 2013 : 86.220.210.114 (talk) 21:43, 27 December 2013 (UTC)Pound for Pound ranking

Since his loss against Chris Weidman at UFC 162, Anderson Silva is no longer considered nbr 1 fighter Pound or pound. Jon Jones has the honor now. (see http://espn.go.com/mma/rankings http://www.sherdog.com/news/rankings/Sherdogcoms-PoundforPound-Top-10-59545

Can someone change this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.68.183.79 (talk) 20:34, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 October 2012

The URL to Anderson Silva's website is wrong (In the blue box on the right-hand side). It lists http://www.spideranderson.com/ as his website, but his official website is actually www.spidersilva.com 128.187.97.18 (talk) 21:14, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Not done: Please provide some reliable source which refers to this new site as his official site and someone will be glad to change it. It might be better to wait until there is some content at the new site. The old site redirects to br.msn.com, but at least has some content. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 01:12, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 19 November 2012

Anderson's fight record lists August 26, 2001 as a Middlewight bout. The Sakurai page lists it as a Welterweight bout. Text should be changed from "Won Shooto Middleweight (168 pounds) Championship" to "Won Shooto Welterweight (168 pounds) Championship"

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Vacation^nine 23:45, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Longest reigning fighter period?

Is there anyone in all of combat sports whose been a champ longer than Spider? If so it should be in the header if he's more than just UFC's. --208.38.59.161 (talk) 22:13, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Striking accuracy was not 100% against Leben.

He was very close to 100%, but that figure is wrong. I don't have the exact number handy, but if you watch the fight with Leben you can clearly see that he misses one shot after the first knockdown while Leben is getting back to his feet. I thinks that's the only one he missed, but if anybody has a video of the fight and can do a proper count and fix that number that would be great. I've changed it to "just under 100%" in the mean time. 24.107.102.129 (talk) 22:22, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I can't edit it. It's protected for some reason, but in any case -- somebody should fix this error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miker00lz (talk • contribs) 00:27, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request: "The Spider"

A brief mention should be made regarding his nickname "The Spider" - I have included a mention of this in the sports sub-section of the Cultural depictions of spiders article. Perhaps 'Background' would be the best place for this, but I'll leave that, and exact wording to the discretion of the editor. The editor might want to expand my suggested text using information from the source (Silva, per UFC/MMA News article).

(Please change [null] to...)

Suggested text:

Silva was referred to as "Brazil's Spiderman" by an announcer who thought he looked like a superhero in the ring, originating his nickname "The Spider".

Not done for now: - there appears to be no consensus at this point for this edit. Feel free to reactivate the request if necessary. Thanks. Begoon ^talk 11:23, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

• Reactivated: this seems "non-controversial" to me. Perhaps if not appropriate for the body of the article, it could be an {{efn}} attached to Other names: The Spider — in the infobox (?). ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 18:36, 10 December 2013 (UTC) (original poster)

Not done: The {{edit semi-protected}} template is used to allow a non-auto-confirmed editor to make specific changes to a semi-protected article. Your original request reads as a suggestion for some other interested editor. Almost two years later no one had taken up the suggestion, which may be why Begoon closed it. You are welcome to reopen it but please be specific about the change you would like to make. The template recommends a "please change X to Y" degree of detail. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 02:44, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Lock icon

Done~Also, please include the semi-protected 'lock' icon in the proper location on the article's page;[Done.] ~thanks, ~Eric F Last Modified: 74.60.29.141 (talk) 05:50, 30 November 2012 (UTC) 74.60.29.141 (talk) 22:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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vs Sonnen

The table has Silva win over Sonnen in Jul 2012 as TKO, when it appears to have been a submission. Will review the official notes ... --66.190.238.14 (talk) 08:30, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, wrong date. --66.190.238.14 (talk) 08:34, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Assertion about Okami DW

The only one at this point who we have a source for saying this claim is Anderson Silva himself. Do we really need a "Silva says" in this case? I think if you watch the fight you will see that Okami was given essentially a knockout blow then asked to recover from it and fight again. USAtoday today doesn't make any reference to this being cheap or cowardly PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 09:58, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Considering that this is an article about Anderson Silva, I don't see a problem in citing what he had to say about the fight. Evenfiel (talk) 12:15, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Seriously? that mmaweekly link says "one of the top fighters". Besides, MMAweekly is not reliable. If you can find at least an mmajunkie(which is also USAtoday for wiki purposes) Then I will believe you. Cuz they are presumed notable by the people I asked (minus mtking but his opinion doesn't count) over at the reliable sources message board. And that article says nothing about Okami being cheap and cowardly. I adjusted the line to more accuratly reflect the ref. PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 17:40, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

The MMAWeekly article says that Silva is "Highly regarded as one of the favorites to win this entire tournament coming in". MMAWeekly is just fine. As for the part about what Silva said, you should check out the source for it. Evenfiel (talk) 23:32, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

i know what the article says, since I already changed the article to reflect it. I'm not argueing that it doesn't exist. I just question if wikipedia is a repository for every quote a person has ever said. Unless it was said in a mainstream publication then obviously it is worthy of quoting. PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 23:46, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't see the problem in having that quote. It's not like there are quotes about every fight he has ever fought.Evenfiel (talk) 00:30, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Black belt in Muay Thai

"Black belt in Muay Thai"

What the heck is this crap? There is no colored belt ranking system in Muay Thai. I wish you wikipedia gurus would do some actual research before contributing to this article. 01:47, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

It's been said over and over again: His black belt is from chute boxe. Faixa Preta (As per his source) means "Black Belt." Yes Muay Thai traditionally does not have a belt system, but some schools in the west administer belts. He attended one of those schools. Whether it's right or not doesn't change the fact that he has one under Rafael Cordeiro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.200.220.210 (talk) 12:13, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

"belt hold up pants." 03:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

MMA record

Please someone change, in the fight with Chris Leben says: UFN 5 to UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucas McCain (talk • contribs) 19:36, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Weight class

Should you not list him as fighting in welterweight? He won the defunct Shooto middleweight belt (as already is noted in the article), which was at 168 lbs. Today 170 lbs is welterweight in most if not all organisations. I believe he also fought welterweight in pride. In fact, at one time he was a top ten welterweight by Sherdog. The sources for this should be easy enough to find, if needed.

It was there in a previous version of the page, I have added it back.--Phospheros (talk) 15:50, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 4 April 2013

In Anderson's fight record, there is a note about James Irvin having tested positive for illegal substances. The word "Irvin" in this section links to James Irvin the politician, not James Irvin the MMA fighter. Kaztheberserk (talk) 00:28, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

As far as I can tell this is Already done by de-wikifying the name. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:04, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 4 June 2013

In the second paragraph for Mixed martial arts career, Team Black House is mentioned but not linked. The link to their wiki page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_House_(MMA) , Black House (MMA). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djpeirano (talk • contribs) 05:22, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 4 July 2013

Edit request was a mistake. Ignore. 62.255.193.199 (talk) 16:04, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 Request withdrawn --ElHef (Meep?) 16:18, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 7 June 2013

The Fighting Style subtitle reads that Anderson Silva has the record for the "Best all-time UFC win percentage (1.000)." First, this doesn't make sense as there are plenty of people that tie it, as far as the percentage goes, although they have far fewer fights. Also, it really isn't a legitimate "record" to begin with. It describes an accomplishment in an incomplete way, but that accomplishment is already noted in his UFC win streak record. The other issue is that it is now something like .9412 so it isn't even applicable at all anymore.

Edit request on 7 July 2013

Article reads: "...relinquishing his title as the longest running title holder in UFC history.[71]" While the streak has eneded, he will not have relinquished his title until someone wins more than him.

Lying about fight history

Someone recently came in here and changed the description of the Takase fight to say Anderson was winning. In reality, he was dominated on the ground for almost the entire fight and then submitted.

I realize people idolize fighters and want to defend them but take a second to think about what you're doing. The truth is more important than your man crush. Please don't lie about MMA history. It does a disservice to the fighters who trained themselves to the bone and actually won. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NerdNinja9 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Here is the wikipedia link showing that Anderson Silva was defeated by Daiju Takase http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_26 and here is the video proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVTCQ-_Oyio The wikipedia record needs to be fixed! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.208.153.128 (talk) 16:24, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Edit request - out dated information in the lead

The sentence in the Lead "As of March 10, 2014, he is #1 in official UFC middleweight rankings, and #7 pound-for-pound." is misleading. It makes it sound as if he is the champion of the middle weight division. He is the number 1 contender, the present champion is Chris Weidman. see its citation. I suggest "#1 (below the champion)" 79.176.126.105 (talk) 00:48, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Done Changed to "he is #1 contender in the official UFC" after checking source. Sam Sailor ^Sing 21:40, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Already done Apparently by Sam Sailor. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 01:26, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Edit request - More out dated information in the lead

The sentence in the Lead "and is the consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound mixed martial arts fighter in the world according to ESPN, Sherdog, Yahoo! Sports and other publications.[8][9][10]" is incorrect. He used to be, but not anymore (he had 2 devastating loses [KO and gruesome broken leg] to the champion chris weidman). according to the same sources as for today:

Sherdog - Silva number 8 P4P http://www.sherdog.com/news/rankings/Sherdogcoms-PoundforPound-Top-10-65261

ESPN - Silva number 10 P4P http://espn.go.com/mma/rankings

Sports Illustrated - Silva number 7 P4P http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20140104/mma-rankings-jon-jones-anderson-silva-ronda-rousey/

mmafighting - Silva number 7 P4P http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/1/5/5261988/sb-nation-pound-for-pound-rankings-st-pierre-absence-silva-injury

fightmatrix - Silva number 11 P4P http://www.fightmatrix.com/mma-ranks/pound-for-pound/

Yahoo sport article - silva is not in the discussion for top P4P http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-president-dana-white-flip-flops-pick-pound-173500816--mma.html

I suggest the sentence be "and he use to be the consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound mixed martial arts fighter in the world between 2007-mid 2013 until his double loss" or something in that spirit

If my reading is correct, the sentence "Silva is ranked as the #2 middleweight in the world by multiple publications including Sherdog and is the consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound mixed martial arts fighter in the world according to ESPN, Sherdog, Yahoo! Sports and other publications." both duplicates and contradicts the sentence ending the lead "As of March 10, 2014, he is #1 contender in the official UFC middleweight rankings, and #7 pound-for-pound." I choose to remove the former, but do undo me or shout out, if this is not correct. Sam Sailor ^Sing 19:51, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Boxing

Silva was a professional boxer, before he fought in MMA. He had about 5 pro fights. I'm assuming this isn't mentioned, as he basically lost them all! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.199.254 (talk) 13:08, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 August 2014

His fights with Weidman and Bonnar should contain more elaboration. For example:

Silva faced Chris Weidman on July 6, 2013, at UFC 162. After engaging in a great deal of showboating and cage antics, Silva was caught by a left hook at the end of an unorthodox combination by Chris Weidman. He was KO'ed at 1:18 of the 2nd round. RobTheProspect (talk) 02:42, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to any article. - Arjayay (talk) 11:37, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Anderson Silva does not have the most wins in UFC title fights

The wiki page is factually inaccurate since it states Anderson holds the record for most win in UFC title fights at 11. Fightmetrix maintains the offical UFC records and is recognized by the UFC as the official source of the promotions stats.

As you can see in this link, the record for most wins in a UFC title fight is held by Georges "Rush" St-Pierre at 12 wins.

http://www.fightmatrix.com/ufc-records/title-wins/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.190.28.124 (talk) 15:01, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Reach

His reach is 75 in not 77.5 in according to several sources. 1 2 3 4
2A03:8180:1002:52:0:0:0:2 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 00:32, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Edit Request: Roy Jones

Edit request: Roy Jones.

The quote about Silva wanting a boxing match with Jones is now irrelevant; Silva recently signed a 15 fight contract with the UFC, and he is already 39 years old. That doesn't mean he will fight 15 fights, but it means that he'd have to fight 14 more MMA fights to be released from the contract. He'll be retired long before that (which is the whole point of the contract). The anecdote with Jones, which is not happening, is now obsolete. Philosopher2king (talk) 16:20, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 February 2015: Fight with Nick Diaz is a Win

Anderson Silva's last fight with Nick Diaz has not been overturned and ruled a NC yet. It is still considered a win, the NSAC have not even passed a motion to overturn yet. Supporting Article: http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/anderson-silva-vs-nick-diaz-has-not-been-overturned-to-a-no-contest-yet-020615

Jkadilis (talk) 00:02, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. -- Sam ^Sing! 10:23, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Silva does not use taekwondo or caporeia when fighting his style is muay Thai with western boxing and Brazilian jiujitsu

Under his style there shouldn't be all those listed it should only be muay Thai, boxing,bjj if you actually train mma then you would know that he doesn't use capo eri a or taekwondo or what ever else is in that list all of his strikes he throws are ether a muay Thai strike or a boxing strike Andersons whole career in the ufc he has only 3 takedowns so how is he a wrestler He can't wrestle at all he might know a little bit of caporeia but he cannot use those moves in a mma fight and he's never used a taekwondo kick in mma every kick he's thrown in a mma fight was a muay Thai kick so take out wrestling caporeia and taekwondo a mma fighters page should not have so many martial arts listed on their style be truthfull change his style listing to just muay Thai, boxing,Brazilian jiujitsu

Semi-protected edit request on 13 August 2015

nick diaz fight is now a no contest following a ruling from his hearing today. 82.32.200.253 (talk) 21:21, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello. The page needs to be edited to change the 34-6 to 33-6 for the fight record of Anderson Silva, due to this "no contest"...— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.252.63.225 (talk • contribs)

im not sure why there is some diatribe about not censored for minors and such. i havent made an edits, just an edit request. wikipedia is turning into a joke sadly. the guy is demonstrably now coming off a no contest, and a relevant source (there are 1000s) was cited. someone else can edit that actual article. would appreciate less warnings from wikipedia for just putting the record straight. jumped up little librarian relics.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.200.253 (talk • contribs)

 Already done Inomyabcs (talk) 04:49, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 14 September 2015

I just wanted to remove the him being in 9# p4p ranking because he was removed from it about 2 weeks ago. Wiizardii (talk) 15:41, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. -- Sam Sailor ^Talk! 16:29, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2015

Silva was removed from P4P ranking and middleweight rankings, so it should be removed.

Wiizardii (talk) 00:27, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

• Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --Stabila711 (talk) 03:12, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

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Please include his religious beliefs. http://hollowverse.com/anderson-silva/ http://www.fightersonlymag.com/content/news/11118-vitor-promising-to-beat-anderson---for-jesus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.28.124.207 (talk) 09:10, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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Fighthing style

Anderson's fame outside of the MMA scene comes from his unusual fighting style and this is not highlighted in the section. His famous cinematographic stunts should be cited. Some examples:

• Soccer-like "Chute de letra" - 00:47 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvPA1RlMSZM
• Capoeira stunt "Contra-giro" + high knee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJA7RQLkko
• Knockout with reverse elbow in Muay Boran style - 02:05 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aajDvSArm7w
• Spiderman like dodging sequence + knock down against Griffin - 05:50 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArgoloF (talk • contribs) 03:30, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

UFC middleweight ranking

Current: He is currently ranked the #6 contender in official UFC middleweight rankings. Correction: He is currently ranked the #7 contender in official UFC middleweight rankings. Source is the current listed source: http://www.ufc.com/rankings brian (talk) 23:19, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

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His fighting style is not Wing Chun. He barely got anything to do with Wing Chun. He practiced it for fun a bit in 2016. You might as well list Capoeira as his fighting style, he got more experience with that, lol. Mmachampion (talk) 18:01, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 18:17, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

It is you who need a source to prove that Wing Chun is his fighting style. He never even uses any Wing Chun techniques in his fights, he has just practiced it a bit. He is a 5th dan black belt in Taekwondo and wanted to compete in the Olympics, lol, it would make more sense to list taekwondo as his fighting style. But even that, which defines him more than Wing Chun, should not be listed as his fighting style. His fighting style is the style he fights with in the ring, which consists of boxing, muay thai and bjj. I liked the Ip Man movies too, but be a bit serious.

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