Over 12 years ago at UFC 64 Anderson Silva first captured UFC gold and became middleweight champion, a title he would hold on to for nearly seven years.
Silva faces Israel Adesanya in the co-main event of UFC 234 on Saturday night.
In the video above, check out that fight between Silva and Rich Franklin.
The current UFC 234 fight card is below:
MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)
UFC Middleweight Championship
Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Middleweight: Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva
Bantamweight: Rani Yahya vs. Ricky Simon
Lightweight: Devonte Smith vs. Dong Hyun Ma
Light Heavyweight: Sam Alvey vs. Jim Crute
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/8 p.m. ET)
Featherweight: Shane Young vs. Austin Arnett
Female Flyweight: Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kasseum
Flyweight: Kai-Kara France vs. Raulian Paiva
Bantamweight: Teruto Ishihara vs. Kyung Ho Kang
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6:30 p.m. ET)
Lightweight: Lando Vannata vs. Marcos Rosa
Lightweight: Jalin Turner vs. Callan Potter
Bantamweight: Wuliji Buren vs. Jonathan Martinez
