- Anderson Silva’s Children are one of the pillars that have supported the successful career of their father
- The 50 fathered his five children with his wife and partner of many years, Dayane Silva. Yet, he managed the responsibility of raising a family and having a successful mixed martial arts career and later boxing.
- Having retired from mixed martial arts and picked up boxing, some of his offspring have picked after him to make their own boxing legacies.
Anderson Silva’s Children and other family members are apparently another important part of the Brazilian-born Mixed Martial Artist and Boxer’s life. Having enjoyed many successful bouts as a mixed martial artist before switching careers to boxing, Silva remains one of the greatest fighters in the ring.
The longest title reign record holder in UFC history is a father to five children with his wife, Dayane Silva. As the story goes, Silva also had a difficult time while growing up since he was from a humble background. Here is all we know about his children, wife, and other family members.
The Mixed Martial Artist And His Wife Have Been Together Since 1992
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Anderson’s fame and success story is closely linked to the support he gets from his wife, Dayane Silva. The two reportedly met in 1992 and were together for many years before they finally tied the knot in 2017.
At the time they got married, they had been together for twenty-five years of their lives during which they had five children. Dayane who is also from Brazil was a gymnast who represented her country at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
Throughout Silva’s career rise, Dayane has been in the background giving her husband support. However, she made the news during a bout between her husband and Chael Sonnen who thrash-talked her. After her husband challenged and defeated Sonnen to defend her honor, she backed her husband’s invitation of the fighter to a barbeque in their home. Dayane went further to lay the terms of the invitation to state he is welcome but he ‘can’t touch her but’ while praising her husband’s win in the face-off.
Let’s Meet Anderson Silva’s Children With Dayane Silva
1. Kaory Sylva
- Date of Birth: June 29, 1996
- Age: 28
The oldest child of Anderson and his wife has not revealed what she does for a living, yet it is certain that she has lived in the US ever since her father was naturalized in 2019. As to her love life, she is dating the 33 year old retired professional boxer and stunt performer, Jesus Trujillo.
Trulli like his girlfriend’s father, Anderson started building his career at a young age. He started boxing at the age of six but later moved into the movie industry as a stunt performer.
2. Gabriel Silva
- Date of Birth: July 12, 1998
- Age: 26
Gabriel followed in his father’s footsteps and picked a passion for boxing even from a young age. The young Gabriel followed his father to his fights even before he became a household name among UFC fans. The child protege once sparred with his father while Anderson prepared to meet with Vitor Belfort in 2011.
His father’s claims that he knows ‘the most about fighting’ compared to his younger brother Kalyl is still being tested as he builds his own career.
So far, Gabriel Silva’s career move consists of two championships to his name. He won two titles after his fifth kickboxing fight. He carried away the title belt for the IKF middleweight and FighterRep 165-pound belts. Notably, he used some of his fathers finishing technics which led to a call off of the fight by the referee.
The kickboxing champion has his own clothing brand named Romanelli Revenge.
3. Kalyl Silva
- Date of Birth: January 10,1999
- Age: 26
Anderson’s third offspring, Kalyl showed an initial flare for boxing thereby making many begin to compare his fighting skills with that of his veteran father. He and his brother made their kickboxing debut in 2021. While he won his match against Melo Pamuk through a unanimous decision, his brother was knocked out cold by Vincent Familari in the First Round.
He is said to be a pro soccer player with the United Premier Soccer League yet it’s his boxing history that is garnering attention to his skills. Kalyl has an entrepreneurial mind looking at his venture into a clothing line. He advertises his branded teeshirts on shopkalylsilva.com.
4. Kauana Silva
- Date of Birth: June 3, 2000
- Age: 24
Anderson’s youngest daughter unlike most of her siblings is quite secretive about her life. Still, she has a very good and cordial relationship with members of the Silva family.
5. Joao Vitor Silva
- Date of Birth: April 8, 2006
- Age: 19
He is the last child of Anderson Silva. For now the year 19 old has not shown the signs of joining his older brothers and father’s career path.
His Uncle And Aunt Are an Important Part Of His Childhood
Despite being born to Vera Lucia and Juarez Silva, his parents of humble background, Anderson grew up to become a renowned mixed martial artist and boxer. Interestingly, his family was so poor that he had to stay with his aunt, Edith, and uncle who was a police officer in Curitiba.
His childhood experience made him have a deep affection for his aunt. Reportedly, he became deeply emotional after Aunt Edith passed away while he was filming the UFC documentary Like Water(2011) which features his fight with Chael Sonnen at UFC 117.
The documentary is one among his many television and film projects yet it gave a glimpse of other important members of his family such as his aunt. His other projects are:
- Never Surrender(2009)
- Hell’s Chain(2009)
- Til Death Do Us Part 2(2013)
- Worms(2013)
- Tapped Out(2014)
- Monday Nights At Seven(2014)
- Ultimate Beastmaster(2017)
- The Invincible Dragon(2019)
See Also: Valerie Loureda – 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The MMA Fighter
Quicks Facts About Anderson Silva
- He started his boxing career at the age of 15 even though he was exposed to the mixed martial arts of Jiu-Jitsu and Tae Kwando from an earlier age. The MMA has experience in capoeira and muay Thai and this has defined his fighting style.
- Silva cried after winning his comeback match with Nick Diaz following his 13 months absence to heal from an injury.
- After keeping a UFC title reign record of 2457 days, he is considered one of MMA’s greatest of all time(GOAT).
- He started out as a mixed martial artist and was active between 1997 to 2020 when he retired to continue with professional boxing. Throughout his professional career, he boxed in 1998, and 2005 before picking up in 2021 after his retirement from MMA.
- His nickname of Spider comes from his great love of comic books.
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