– He’s a Brazilian mixed martial artist,
and former UFC Middleweight Champion.
He holds the longest title-defense streak in UFC history,
with 16 consecutive wins,
and 10 title defenses.
UFC President Dana White and other experts
have called him the greatest mixed martial artist
of all time.
He’s Anderson Silva, and here are his top-10
rules for success.
– I love my sport.
I love my job, and
I strive my focus, all the time,
in my life, for training, because
fight is my life.
Sometimes, everything’s changed,
because you have the good
working, bad working,
and good experience, bad experience,
but I love my job.
And I talk to my family,
and I say I go back to fight,
because this is me.
(“Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf)
– [Commentator] Silva looking to overwhelm Marquardt
at the end of round number one.
Oh, caught him with a big shot.
– That might be it. – Marquardt is in trouble.
– It is all over! – Wow!
– [Commentator] Anderson Silva remains
the Middleweight Champion.
(speaking in foreign language)
And it’s all over!
Just like that!
(speaking in foreign language)
– [Announcer] Weidman!
(speaking in foreign language)
(“Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger)
– [Commentator] And Franklin goes down momentarily.
– [Commentator] Rich has got to be careful here.
– [Commentator] Jumps on him, and lands one again.
Silva with a big knee.
Franklin is in trouble. – Nice right hand.
– [Commentator] Silva trying to finish it here.
Another knee.
And down goes Franklin, and it is all over!
– [Commentator] The right hand hurts him.
– Boom. – The knee to the head
– [Commentator] Hurts him, another knee.
– [Commentator] That right knee caught him flush, Joe.
That was it.
– Nick is the great fight.
Nick fights for the, for a long time
in the same category.
So, I go training hard,
because older fighters, when they go to UFC,
is the best fighters in the world.
No me, no Nick, all the fighters.
I need to training hard,
because they they go,
when they start the fight,
Nick have good training, have good jiu jitsu,
have good boxing.
And it’s the fight,
it’s the great fight.
All the people in the world are waiting for this.
And, I’m prepared for this.
I go for fight for Nick,
because I respect Nick.
Nick is danger.
And, the same position, Nick no fight
for a long time, I no fight for a long time.
I think it’s the great fight.
(“Working For the Weekend” by Loverboy)
– [Commentator] Anderson holding on to the arm,
and he takes him down.
– [Commentator] Swarms him.
Looking to finish the fight right here!
It is all over!
Anderson Silva defeats Stephan Bonnar.
– [Commentator] He is the first guy
to ever stop Stephan Bonnar.
– I’m very happy, because
my family give me the sport,
and help me, for back,
because my sons and my wife
say that this is your time.
This is your life.
Go.
Keep going.
(“Rock n Roll” by Led Zeppelin)
– [Commentator] To finish the fight,
with some of the best, if not the best
I’ve ever seen in MMA.
Nice leg kick by Irvin.
– [Commentator] And Irvin’s in trouble already.
Silva trying to finish it. – It’s done.
– [Commentator] It is all over!
– [Commentator] Irvin throws a kick, Anderson catches
it, right on the chin, takes him down.
It looked like Irvin was done already, from that one punch,
and just a few punches more, and that’s it.
– I remember my life,
and the start, the training.
And, the more difficult is the training,
because my step-mom
say to me, no martial arts. – Uh-oh.
– Because this is danger. (laughing)
You are need to pick it up, you focus for school,
and the same professional,
your dad, your brothers.
My family in Brazil, my whole family,
my brothers, my dad, is cop in Brazil.
I talked to my dad, no, I no go for school
for the academy, for cop.
I go for training, because I love martial arts.
My dad and my mom say, you crazy.
Why?
– That’s funny. – Your brothers,
your dad is the cop.
Why you go change?
Because, why?
Why is your problem?
I say, mom, dad,
it is my dream.
So now, it’s very good. – Yeah, it worked out.
It seems to have worked out.
It seems to worked out for everybody.
– Yeah.
My dad talk to me now, my step-dad talked to me now,
oh, good job man. – We were so wrong.
We were so wrong. – Yeah.
(“Beds Are Burning” by Midnight Oil)
– [Commentator] Leben is rocked, he was stunned.
– [Commentator] He was rocked back then;
I thought it was over.
– [Commentator] Oh, he is in big trouble.
Chris Leben goes down again, and it is all over!
– Wow! – It is all over!
– [Commentator] He gave Chris every chance
he possibly could, to recover.
– Bam. – Bam, and that is the end.
(speaking in foreign language)
(“White Room” by Cream)
– [Commentator] Try to protect what seemed
to be damaged ribs.
– Oh, right to the face. – Caught him again.
– Rich is in trouble. – High kick by Silva!
Rich is in trouble! – Rich Franklin’s in trouble.
– [Commentator] Anderson Silva, and down goes Franklin!
And it is all over!
– [Commentator] That shot right there broke Rich’s nose,
and that was the end of the fight.
A high kick, another high kick to the body.
Tried the big elbow, another knee right to the head,
and Rich goes down for the last time here.
John McCarthy saw enough.
– Boom! – Flush on the face
– [Commentator] With that right knee.
Rich staggers back.
– I don’t know.
I don’t know, sometimes
I think in my mind, so when I stop, Anderson?
I talked to my master, it’s my first master,
and why?
Why is the time for stop, master?
My master say, you no have time for stop.
You time in your heart.
When you heart say no more, no more.
Because when you come to here,
is young, I train you,
no for fight, I train you for life.
And martial arts change you life.
You was in my technique
in martial arts,
for fight, but
I no show you for fight,
I show you for your life.
And, I think
when I finish, my heart
give me the sport for say,
Anderson, done.
(“Take Another Piece of My Heart” by Janis Joplin)
– [Commentator] Look at Silva.
I mean, that’s just amazing.
– He’s out, he’s out. – And it is all over.
– And here we see– – Look at this, Joe.
– [Commentator] Anderson shows complete disdain
for the striking ability of Forrest.
Look at that right hand, look at that.
I mean, that was just like a paw.
– When I fight the first fight in UFC,
and when I
got the belt, I stay on the belt for seven years.
Now, is no new one for me.
So, I’m working for UFC.
UFC is my family.
So, my focus now is the fight for Nick Diaz.
When I finish the fight for Nick,
I’m win, I go training for next fight.
(“Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin)
– [Commentator] Silva asserting dominance here.
Oh, what an elbow.
It is over. – A vicious elbow.
– Superb. – This was one
– [Commentator] of the most amazing, look at this.
He throws it from here, watch this.
– [Commentator] Oh, what a shot.
– [Commentator] Beautiful.
(speaking in foreign language)
(“I Fought the Law” by The Clash)
– [Commentator] I don’t think that would be a good idea.
Oh!
No way. – He’s out, he’s out.
He’s out, he’s out! – He’s out.
(bell ringing)
– [Commentator] Oh, my God.
That was, wow!
That was a knockout, folks.
– When you go to fight,
this is you;
no have people, no have fans,
no have nothing.
When you go inside the octagon,
you need you
take it off, all the people
in close together, you, and go inside,
and put in your mind and your heart for fight.
Sometimes I have the bad energy,
good energy, but
the more important,
is you happy.
When you go to fight,
you go to walk in for octagon,
you happy, everything is good.
(“Mrs. Robinson” by Lemonheads)
– [Commentator] Like we said, second to none.
– [Commentator] Oh!
He front-kicked him in the face!
– [Commentator] Absolutely rocked, trying to finish.
It is all over!
– Kick to the face! – Anderson Silva
– [Commentator] Remains the Middleweight Champion.
– [Commentator] A front kick to the face.
– Thank you so much for watching.
I made this video because Jeff Lian Xiao Ming asked me to.
So if there’s a famous entrepreneur
that you want me to profile next,
leave it in the comments below, and I’ll see what I can do.
I’d also love to know which of Anderson Silva’s top-10 rules
meant the most to you.
Leave it in the comments; I’ll join the discussion.
Thank you so much for watching.
Continue to believe, and I’ll see you soon.
and former UFC Middleweight Champion.
He holds the longest title-defense streak in UFC history,
with 16 consecutive wins,
and 10 title defenses.
UFC President Dana White and other experts
have called him the greatest mixed martial artist
of all time.
He’s Anderson Silva, and here are his top-10
rules for success.
– I love my sport.
I love my job, and
I strive my focus, all the time,
in my life, for training, because
fight is my life.
Sometimes, everything’s changed,
because you have the good
working, bad working,
and good experience, bad experience,
but I love my job.
And I talk to my family,
and I say I go back to fight,
because this is me.
(“Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf)
– [Commentator] Silva looking to overwhelm Marquardt
at the end of round number one.
Oh, caught him with a big shot.
– That might be it. – Marquardt is in trouble.
– It is all over! – Wow!
– [Commentator] Anderson Silva remains
the Middleweight Champion.
(speaking in foreign language)
And it’s all over!
Just like that!
(speaking in foreign language)
– [Announcer] Weidman!
(speaking in foreign language)
(“Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger)
– [Commentator] And Franklin goes down momentarily.
– [Commentator] Rich has got to be careful here.
– [Commentator] Jumps on him, and lands one again.
Silva with a big knee.
Franklin is in trouble. – Nice right hand.
– [Commentator] Silva trying to finish it here.
Another knee.
And down goes Franklin, and it is all over!
– [Commentator] The right hand hurts him.
– Boom. – The knee to the head
– [Commentator] Hurts him, another knee.
– [Commentator] That right knee caught him flush, Joe.
That was it.
– Nick is the great fight.
Nick fights for the, for a long time
in the same category.
So, I go training hard,
because older fighters, when they go to UFC,
is the best fighters in the world.
No me, no Nick, all the fighters.
I need to training hard,
because they they go,
when they start the fight,
Nick have good training, have good jiu jitsu,
have good boxing.
And it’s the fight,
it’s the great fight.
All the people in the world are waiting for this.
And, I’m prepared for this.
I go for fight for Nick,
because I respect Nick.
Nick is danger.
And, the same position, Nick no fight
for a long time, I no fight for a long time.
I think it’s the great fight.
(“Working For the Weekend” by Loverboy)
– [Commentator] Anderson holding on to the arm,
and he takes him down.
– [Commentator] Swarms him.
Looking to finish the fight right here!
It is all over!
Anderson Silva defeats Stephan Bonnar.
– [Commentator] He is the first guy
to ever stop Stephan Bonnar.
– I’m very happy, because
my family give me the sport,
and help me, for back,
because my sons and my wife
say that this is your time.
This is your life.
Go.
Keep going.
(“Rock n Roll” by Led Zeppelin)
– [Commentator] To finish the fight,
with some of the best, if not the best
I’ve ever seen in MMA.
Nice leg kick by Irvin.
– [Commentator] And Irvin’s in trouble already.
Silva trying to finish it. – It’s done.
– [Commentator] It is all over!
– [Commentator] Irvin throws a kick, Anderson catches
it, right on the chin, takes him down.
It looked like Irvin was done already, from that one punch,
and just a few punches more, and that’s it.
– I remember my life,
and the start, the training.
And, the more difficult is the training,
because my step-mom
say to me, no martial arts. – Uh-oh.
– Because this is danger. (laughing)
You are need to pick it up, you focus for school,
and the same professional,
your dad, your brothers.
My family in Brazil, my whole family,
my brothers, my dad, is cop in Brazil.
I talked to my dad, no, I no go for school
for the academy, for cop.
I go for training, because I love martial arts.
My dad and my mom say, you crazy.
Why?
– That’s funny. – Your brothers,
your dad is the cop.
Why you go change?
Because, why?
Why is your problem?
I say, mom, dad,
it is my dream.
So now, it’s very good. – Yeah, it worked out.
It seems to have worked out.
It seems to worked out for everybody.
– Yeah.
My dad talk to me now, my step-dad talked to me now,
oh, good job man. – We were so wrong.
We were so wrong. – Yeah.
(“Beds Are Burning” by Midnight Oil)
– [Commentator] Leben is rocked, he was stunned.
– [Commentator] He was rocked back then;
I thought it was over.
– [Commentator] Oh, he is in big trouble.
Chris Leben goes down again, and it is all over!
– Wow! – It is all over!
– [Commentator] He gave Chris every chance
he possibly could, to recover.
– Bam. – Bam, and that is the end.
(speaking in foreign language)
(“White Room” by Cream)
– [Commentator] Try to protect what seemed
to be damaged ribs.
– Oh, right to the face. – Caught him again.
– Rich is in trouble. – High kick by Silva!
Rich is in trouble! – Rich Franklin’s in trouble.
– [Commentator] Anderson Silva, and down goes Franklin!
And it is all over!
– [Commentator] That shot right there broke Rich’s nose,
and that was the end of the fight.
A high kick, another high kick to the body.
Tried the big elbow, another knee right to the head,
and Rich goes down for the last time here.
John McCarthy saw enough.
– Boom! – Flush on the face
– [Commentator] With that right knee.
Rich staggers back.
– I don’t know.
I don’t know, sometimes
I think in my mind, so when I stop, Anderson?
I talked to my master, it’s my first master,
and why?
Why is the time for stop, master?
My master say, you no have time for stop.
You time in your heart.
When you heart say no more, no more.
Because when you come to here,
is young, I train you,
no for fight, I train you for life.
And martial arts change you life.
You was in my technique
in martial arts,
for fight, but
I no show you for fight,
I show you for your life.
And, I think
when I finish, my heart
give me the sport for say,
Anderson, done.
(“Take Another Piece of My Heart” by Janis Joplin)
– [Commentator] Look at Silva.
I mean, that’s just amazing.
– He’s out, he’s out. – And it is all over.
– And here we see– – Look at this, Joe.
– [Commentator] Anderson shows complete disdain
for the striking ability of Forrest.
Look at that right hand, look at that.
I mean, that was just like a paw.
– When I fight the first fight in UFC,
and when I
got the belt, I stay on the belt for seven years.
Now, is no new one for me.
So, I’m working for UFC.
UFC is my family.
So, my focus now is the fight for Nick Diaz.
When I finish the fight for Nick,
I’m win, I go training for next fight.
(“Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin)
– [Commentator] Silva asserting dominance here.
Oh, what an elbow.
It is over. – A vicious elbow.
– Superb. – This was one
– [Commentator] of the most amazing, look at this.
He throws it from here, watch this.
– [Commentator] Oh, what a shot.
– [Commentator] Beautiful.
(speaking in foreign language)
(“I Fought the Law” by The Clash)
– [Commentator] I don’t think that would be a good idea.
Oh!
No way. – He’s out, he’s out.
He’s out, he’s out! – He’s out.
(bell ringing)
– [Commentator] Oh, my God.
That was, wow!
That was a knockout, folks.
– When you go to fight,
this is you;
no have people, no have fans,
no have nothing.
When you go inside the octagon,
you need you
take it off, all the people
in close together, you, and go inside,
and put in your mind and your heart for fight.
Sometimes I have the bad energy,
good energy, but
the more important,
is you happy.
When you go to fight,
you go to walk in for octagon,
you happy, everything is good.
(“Mrs. Robinson” by Lemonheads)
– [Commentator] Like we said, second to none.
– [Commentator] Oh!
He front-kicked him in the face!
– [Commentator] Absolutely rocked, trying to finish.
It is all over!
– Kick to the face! – Anderson Silva
– [Commentator] Remains the Middleweight Champion.
– [Commentator] A front kick to the face.
– Thank you so much for watching.
I made this video because Jeff Lian Xiao Ming asked me to.
So if there’s a famous entrepreneur
that you want me to profile next,
leave it in the comments below, and I’ll see what I can do.
I’d also love to know which of Anderson Silva’s top-10 rules
meant the most to you.
Leave it in the comments; I’ll join the discussion.
Thank you so much for watching.
Continue to believe, and I’ll see you soon.
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