Anderson the gangster
It appears that once upon a time in Brazil, Anderson Silva was some sort of gangster. As we rifled through some of the classic stories about MMA legends on the internet, we came across this gem on MMAMania.com.
It details a confrontation between Silva and Chute Boxe, now Kings MMA, coach Rafael Cordiero. This excerpt is actually from Anderson Silva’s biography, and is set back when he was literally some poor guy from Brazil trying to earn money from fighting.
In a certain period of financial difficulty, Anderson Silva was making his living teaching jiu-jitsu classes and Rafael Cordeiro, Chute Boxe head coach at that time, didn’t want him to continue. They had a heated argument in which Anderson was slapped on the face.
Afterwards, Anderson went to a place where Cordeiro was, accompanied by two guys, and held a shotgun while he was waiting for the coach to return. His two companions apparently lost their nerve and they talked Anderson out of the action, making him control himself and give up on his intent.
Today Anderson and Rafael are great friends and the UFC champion even trains with the master sometimes when he is in Los Angeles. But the publication of the book created some repercussion in the past week because Anderson had never told his friend about the incident – Anderson’s son didn’t know either, and learned about it on the internet.
Summarizing the book he explained, “The biography says the truth of everything that happened since my childhood until this moment. It documents day-to-day frustrations, what is good, what is bad, and how is bad to stay away from the family. The book tells my life.”
