• 7 years ago
Thiago Silva endured a hellish childhood in the notoriously violent favela slums of Sao Paolo, Brazil. He says most of his friends are "now dead or in jail" and that martial arts is what saved him from that same fate.

Silva fights this Friday at GLORY 48 NEW YORK on the Superfight Series card, which airs live worldwide on UFC Fight Pass from 7.30pm Eastern Time.