{"id":316712,"date":"2019-06-19T06:26:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316712"},"modified":"2019-06-19T06:26:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:26:32","slug":"anderson-silva-son-wins-muay-thai-debut-by-tko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anderson-silva-son-wins-muay-thai-debut-by-tko\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Anderson Silva\u2019s son wins Muay Thai debut by TKO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson Silva\u2019s son, Gabriel Silva is following in the footsteps of his father as he secured a confident TKO victory in his combat sports debut.<\/p>\n<p>MMA veterans have paved the way for the next new wave of prospective fighters, and one of the greatest rewards is being able to pass the baton on to a family member. In this case, Silva gives the honour to his son, who won his first ever Muay Thai fight last Saturday, June 15 at WCK 35 in southern California. The young Silva beat his opponent, Nick Navarro during the second round in a light heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva went on to post the proud moment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spiderandersonsilva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his Instagram account<\/a>. The English translation of Silva\u2019s comment read:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is your achievement, my son. It is proof that every dedication has its recognition, it\u2019s the fruit of much struggle and determination, it is only the first step to a life full of merit, you can be sure !!! Now it&#8217;s [time to] focus, keep training hard, the secret is to always do it for love !! Congratulations &#8230; I&#8217;m proud, I&#8217;ve seen a lot of myself today in you, I&#8217;m happy and I think the certainty that I can really stop is closer! I love you Son &#8230; Bad Boys\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/ByxY-4EAkYI\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Silva also added his own comment in a post on his account, thanking those who have supported him:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, everyone, for the support&#8230;<br \/>\nI will remember this night for the rest of my life, I\u2019ve learned a lot from it, and I will continue to grow. &#8216;WE\u2019RE GOING FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Anderson Silva <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anderson-silva-says-he-is-not-retiring-eyes-jared-cannonier-rematch\/\">questions his future<\/a> in MMA and the possibility of retirement draws closer, the career prospects of the next Silva generation look promising. Will Gabriel Silva transition from Muay Thai into Mixed Martial Arts? Only time will tell, but stay tuned on BJPenn.com for all updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/19\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson Silva\u2019s son, Gabriel Silva is following in the footsteps of his father as he secured a confident TKO victory in his combat sports debut. MMA veterans have paved the way for the next new wave of prospective fighters, and one of the greatest rewards is being able to pass the baton on to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":316722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10098,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Anderson Silva\u2019s son wins Muay Thai debut by TKO | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gabriel Silva, the son of former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, recently made a successful Muay Thai debut with a nice TKO.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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