In his first fight with the promotion, he stopped Alex Stiebling with a cut resulting from a high kick. Pride Fighting Championships and Cage Rage (2002–2006) Silva beat Sakurai by unanimous decision after three rounds and became the new Shooto Middleweight Champion (at 167 lb) and the first man to defeat Sakurai, who was undefeated in his first 20 fights. After winning his first match in Japan, he was put up against Shooto champion Hayato Sakurai on 26 August 2001. After that fight, he went on a nine-fight winning streak, winning six of those fights by either submission or TKO. Silva recorded his first loss in 2000 to Luiz Azeredo by decision.
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Silva made his professional debut in 1997 with a pair of wins. Silva initially fought in Brazil in the welterweight category.
Mixed martial arts career Early career (1997–2002) As a teen, Silva began training in taekwondo, capoeira and muay thai. Silva's first foray in martial arts began as a child training jiu-jitsu with neighborhood kids. The son of a poverty-stricken family, Silva spent the majority of his childhood in Curitiba with his aunt and uncle, who was an officer with the Curitiba police force. Silva was born on 14 April 1975, in São Paulo, Brazil.
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