Anderson Silva (kickboxer)


Anderson "Braddock" Silva is a Brazilian super heavyweight kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship. He has competed in the It's Showtime and K-1 promotions, and most recently in SUPERKOMBAT and GLORY.

Biography and career

Anderson da 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 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. "Braddock" moved to Netherlands where he joined Thom Harinck's Chakuriki Gym and made his It's Showtime debut.
Following the Badr Hari fight, he returned to Brazil to train at Team Nogueira.
He faced returning legend Remy Bonjasky at ' on October 6, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. 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.
He competed in the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam at ' 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.
Braddock was scheduled to fight Singh Jaideep at ' on May 3, 2013 but the bout was cancelled.
He then faced Daniel Sam at ' in New York City on June 22, 2013 and won by unanimous decision.
He lost to Daniel Ghiță by first round body kick KO in the semi-finals of ' in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States in October 2013.
He defeated Remy Bonjasky by unanimous decision in a rematch at ' in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.
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 in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

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Mixed martial arts record