UFC's Thiago Silva jailed in Florida on four charges, including attempted murder

Thiago Silva remains jailed in South Florida following a Thursday night altercation at a jiu-jitsu school and subsequent standoff with police at his home.

The UFC light heavyweight is being held at the Broward Sheriff’s Office in Broward County, Fla., and faces multiple charges – including a pair of counts of felony attempted murder. According to the BSO website, he is being held without bond on those charges.

Silva also faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and non-violent resisting of an officer/obstructing justice.

No court date has been set for the 31-year-old native of Brazil.

But Friday morning, UFC President Dana White told TMZ Sports that Silva “will never fight in the UFC again.”

According to a live report from South Florida’s NBC-6 TV late Thursday, Silva was taken into custody following an armed standoff with police.

The station reported that a man, now known to be Silva, was taken into custody following a four-hour standoff at a home in Oakland Park, Fla. The standoff occurred, the report said, following an incident at Pablo Popovitch Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Oakland Park, where Silva allegedly threatened people inside before fleeing to his home.

After barricading himself inside his home, NBC-6 reported, Silva was arrested in a non-violent ending.

Public records indicate that the home he fled to at 2041 Coral Heights Blvd. in Oakland Park is the home, as well as business location, of Silva and his wife, Thaysa, who trains at Popovitch’s MMA school.

TMZ Sports reported that the police report from Thursday’s incident states Silva pulled a gun on his wife at the MMA school, accusing her of having an affair with Popovitch, and told her, “You have 10 seconds to bring Pablo outside and if he does not come out, I will go in the gym and start shooting everyone.” After that, the report obtained by TMZ states Popovitch emerged from the building, and Silva then threatened both of them before fleeing to his home when Popovitch went inside to call police.

On Friday morning, a report from NBC-6 showed Silva after being detained after the standoff. From the back of a police car, he told a cameraman he didn’t pull a gun on his wife. “She wanted my house and she wanted my money. Just don’t report. Can you do that for me?”

UFC officials released a statement to MMAjunkie late Thursday, then later made that statement public. “This evening, we were made aware of a situation involving Thiago Silva,” the statement read. “We are in the process of gathering the facts and have no further comment at this time.”

The charges filed against Silva were not yet made public at the time of the UFC’s initial statement.

Silva (16-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) has had an up-and-down run with the UFC. The Brazilian started his pro MMA career 13-0, including 4-0 in the UFC. But after a win at UFC 125 against Brandon Vera, he falsified a urine sample and had his win overturned to a no-contest and was suspended for a year.

He returned in April 2012 and lost a decision to Alexander Gustafsson. But in his next fight in November 2012, he won “Submission of the Night” against Stanislav Nedkov – only to have it taken away and handed another no-contest when he tested positive for marijuana. He was suspended six months by the UFC.

In 2013, things started looking back up for Silva. He knocked out Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante this past June and won “Fight of the Night” and “Knockout of the Night” honors. And in October, despite missing weight, he beat Matt Hamill in Brazil.

Silva trains with the Blackzilians team in South Florida alongside the likes of Rashad Evans, Vitor Belfort and Anthony Johnson. His next scheduled bout is set for March 15 at UFC 171 in Dallas against Ovince St. Preux.

Stay tuned to MMAjunkie for more details on this story as they become available.