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The Clinch

Brazil “The Spider” 2000-2020 · 95 rounds on file

Anderson Silva

31-11-1 W-L-D in this database

Anderson Silva, photograph by The original uploader was Ninjasp at English Wikipedia. and is also the copyright holder
Strike accuracy 1,319/2,142
Takedown accuracy 16/21
Sig. strikes / round 13.9
Control / round 0:09
Inside the distance 74% 23 of 31 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
77″195.6 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
5114 APR 1975
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 43 fights - 0.7 takedown attempts and 4% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 19 13-6-0 vs 1562 avg
Positional Controller 16 10-6-0
Submission Grappler 3 3-0-0
Hybrid 11 8-2-1 vs 1607 avg
Well-Rounded 11 8-2-1
Striking 8 5-3-0 vs 1546 avg
Pressure Striker 5 5-0-0
Distance Striker 3 0-3-0
-- Not classified 5 5-0-0 vs 1526 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 19 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

27 MAY 2000 - lost to Luiz Azeredo · Unknown 12 AUG 2000 - beat Jose Barreto · Technical Knockout 16 DEC 2000 - beat Claudionor Fontinelle · Technical Knockout 02 MAR 2001 - beat Tetsuji Kato · Decision (Unanimous) 09 JUN 2001 - beat Israel Albuquerque · Technical Knockout 26 AUG 2001 - beat Hayato Sakurai · Decision (Unanimous) 31 JAN 2002 - beat Roan Carneiro · Technical Knockout 23 JUN 2002 - beat Alex Stiebling · Technical Knockout 29 SEP 2002 - beat Alexander Otsuka · Decision (Unanimous) 16 MAR 2003 - beat Carlos Newton · Technical Knockout 08 JUN 2003 - lost to Daiju Takase · Submission 27 JUN 2004 - beat Jeremy Horn · Decision (Unanimous) 11 SEP 2004 - beat Lee Murray · Decision (Unanimous) 31 DEC 2004 - lost to Ryo Chonan · Submission 30 APR 2005 - beat Jorge Rivera · Technical Knockout 03 DEC 2005 - beat Curtis Stout · Technical Knockout 20 JAN 2006 - lost to Yushin Okami · Disqualification 22 APR 2006 - beat Tony Fryklund · Technical Knockout 28 JUN 2006 - beat Chris Leben · Technical Knockout 14 OCT 2006 - beat Rich Franklin · Technical Knockout 03 FEB 2007 - beat Travis Lutter · Submission 07 JUL 2007 - beat Nate Marquardt · Technical Knockout 20 OCT 2007 - beat Rich Franklin · Technical Knockout 01 MAR 2008 - beat Dan Henderson · Submission 19 JUL 2008 - beat James Irvin · Technical Knockout 25 OCT 2008 - beat Patrick Cote · Technical Knockout 18 APR 2009 - beat Thales Leites · Decision (Unanimous) 08 AUG 2009 - beat Forrest Griffin · Technical Knockout 10 APR 2010 - beat Demian Maia · Decision (Unanimous) 07 AUG 2010 - beat Chael Sonnen · Submission 05 FEB 2011 - beat Vitor Belfort · Technical Knockout 27 AUG 2011 - beat Yushin Okami · Technical Knockout 07 JUL 2012 - beat Chael Sonnen · Technical Knockout 13 OCT 2012 - beat Stephan Bonnar · Technical Knockout 06 JUL 2013 - lost to Chris Weidman · Technical Knockout 28 DEC 2013 - lost to Chris Weidman · Technical Knockout 31 JAN 2015 - drew with Nick Diaz · No Contest 27 FEB 2016 - lost to Michael Bisping · Decision (Unanimous) 09 JUL 2016 - lost to Daniel Cormier · Decision (Unanimous) 11 FEB 2017 - beat Derek Brunson · Decision (Unanimous) 09 FEB 2019 - lost to Israel Adesanya · Decision (Unanimous) 11 MAY 2019 - lost to Jared Cannonier · Technical Knockout 31 OCT 2020 - lost to Uriah Hall · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 95 rounds across 43 of 43 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.9
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.3
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:09 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 62% 1,319/2,142
Takedowns 76% 16/21
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 883/2,237

Where the strikes land

Head 60% 785
Body 19% 248
Leg 22% 286

And from where

At distance 64% 850
In the clinch 16% 206
On the ground 20% 263

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 20 won Technical Knockout · 20-4
Submission 3 won Submission · 3-2
Decision 8 won Decision (Unanimous) · 8-3
Other 0 won Disqualification · 0-1 No Contest · 0-0 Unknown · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
31 OCT 2020 Uriah Hall Lost Technical Knockout R4 1:24 53 60 UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva
11 MAY 2019 Jared Cannonier Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:47 8 17 UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade
09 FEB 2019 Israel Adesanya Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 31 65 UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
11 FEB 2017 Derek Brunson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 54 UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie
09 JUL 2016 Daniel Cormier Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 17 33 UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes
27 FEB 2016 Michael Bisping Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 75 108 UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping
31 JAN 2015 Nick Diaz No decision No Contest R5 5:00 108 77 UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz
28 DEC 2013 Chris Weidman Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:16 8 20 UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2
06 JUL 2013 Chris Weidman Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:18 14 16 UFC 162: Silva vs Weidman
13 OCT 2012 Stephan Bonnar Won Technical Knockout R1 4:40 19 12 UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar
07 JUL 2012 Chael Sonnen Won Technical Knockout R2 1:55 15 22 UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen 2
27 AUG 2011 Yushin Okami Won Technical Knockout R2 2:04 43 16 UFC 134: Silva vs Okami
05 FEB 2011 Vitor Belfort Won Technical Knockout R1 3:25 6 6 UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
07 AUG 2010 Chael Sonnen Won Submission R5 3:10 29 89 UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen
10 APR 2010 Demian Maia Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 61 10 UFC 112: Invincible
08 AUG 2009 Forrest Griffin Won Technical Knockout R1 3:23 13 3 UFC 101: Declaration
18 APR 2009 Thales Leites Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 94 10 UFC 97: Redemption
25 OCT 2008 Patrick Cote Won Technical Knockout R3 0:39 29 16 UFC 90: Silva vs Cote
19 JUL 2008 James Irvin Won Technical Knockout R1 1:01 13 0 UFC: Silva vs Irvin
01 MAR 2008 Dan Henderson Won Submission R2 4:52 47 20 UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
20 OCT 2007 Rich Franklin Won Technical Knockout R2 1:07 39 22 UFC 77: Hostile Territory
07 JUL 2007 Nate Marquardt Won Technical Knockout R1 4:50 10 3 UFC 73: Stacked
03 FEB 2007 Travis Lutter Won Submission R2 2:11 9 8 UFC 67: All or Nothing
14 OCT 2006 Rich Franklin Won Technical Knockout R1 2:59 31 10 UFC 64: Unstoppable
28 JUN 2006 Chris Leben Won Technical Knockout R1 0:49 17 1 UFC Fight Night 5
22 APR 2006 Tony Fryklund Won Technical Knockout R1 2:02 20 5 Cage Rage 16: Critical Condition
20 JAN 2006 Yushin Okami Lost Disqualification R1 2:33 16 0 ROTR 8
03 DEC 2005 Curtis Stout Won Technical Knockout R1 4:59 13 3 Cage Rage 14: Punishment
30 APR 2005 Jorge Rivera Won Technical Knockout R2 3:53 49 16 Cage Rage 11: Face Off
31 DEC 2004 Ryo Chonan Lost Submission R3 3:08 44 43 PRIDE Shockwave 2004
11 SEP 2004 Lee Murray Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 53 6 Cage Rage 8: Knights of the Octagon
27 JUN 2004 Jeremy Horn Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 70 23 Gladiator FC - Day 2
08 JUN 2003 Daiju Takase Lost Submission R1 8:33 5 4 PRIDE 26: Bad to the Bone
16 MAR 2003 Carlos Newton Won Technical Knockout R1 6:27 10 10 PRIDE 25: Body Blow
29 SEP 2002 Alexander Otsuka Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 10 14 PRIDE 22: Beasts from the East 2
23 JUN 2002 Alex Stiebling Won Technical Knockout R1 1:23 6 4 PRIDE 21: Demolition
31 JAN 2002 Roan Carneiro Won Technical Knockout R1 5:33 23 3 Meca 6
26 AUG 2001 Hayato Sakurai Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 52 10 Shooto - To the Top 7
09 JUN 2001 Israel Albuquerque Won Technical Knockout R1 6:17 21 2 Meca 5
02 MAR 2001 Tetsuji Kato Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 11 8 Shooto - To the Top 2
16 DEC 2000 Claudionor Fontinelle Won Technical Knockout R1 4:35 47 12 Meca 4
12 AUG 2000 Jose Barreto Won Technical Knockout R1 1:06 12 0 Meca 2
27 MAY 2000 Luiz Azeredo Lost Unknown R2 10:00 25 22 Meca 1

Photographs on this page

  • Anderson Silva - The original uploader was Ninjasp at English Wikipedia. and is also the copyright holder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.