Antonio Silva is a lightweight mixed marital arts fighter of whom the opponents fear. He has 6’4 height and his weight is 300lbs. Antonio Silva is a superb fighter. He is popularly referred to as “Bigfoot Jr”. His hometown is Brazil. Antonio Silva’s fighting style includes Shotokan Karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He was born and had the name of Antonio Carlos Ribeiro da Silva Jr., in the South American city of Brasilia, Brazil. This man is truly dangerous.
Antonio Silva uses combination of Karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing and Muay-Thai in his fights to defeat the opponent. Whether the opponent is weaker or stronger he definitely gives edge to his competitors. His skills and styles are simply unmatched. It is a deadly match when his opponents compete Antonio Silva. He is truly a world champion.
Antonio Silva has a great mixed marital arts record of 8-1-0. Out of his 8 victories, 7 were via knock outs and 1 was through submission. Antonio Silva’s debut match was with Tengiz Tedoradze in the year 2005. At UKMMAC 10-Slugfest, Antonio Silva won against Tengiz through knock out in round 1. Antonio Silva has also won fights against many other champions like Marcus Tchinda, Rafael Carino, Ruben Villareal, Tadas Rinkevicius, Tom Erikson and Georgy Kaysinov. He mostly prefers knockouts in a fight. Only in case of Rafael Carino, he had won via verbal submission. Antonio Silva’s last match was with Wesley Correira. The event was called Elite XC Destiny and was in 2007. He won through knockout (strikes) in round 1.
Antonio Silva is some times underestimated. He is thought of not being up to mark in future fights between other Pride FC heavyweights. But people who stand by him are aware of his skills and size. Definitely, Antonio Silva needs to grow as a fighter, but with the skills he has, he is definitely going to be a threat to Pride Heavyweight Championship and if he decides to make the transition to the UFC, that will also be interesting to see.
The combination of Antonio Silva’s skills and size make way for him to be victorious. People criticize him for the match against Pele, where Pele rocked him. But Antonio Silva recovered very fast out of this. Antonio Silva is a real deal and has very bright prospects in the field of mixed marital arts. He is sometimes refereed to as the Brazilian Giant. Currently, Antonio Silva definitely has place among top 50. |
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