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Anderson Silva's mixed martial arts career first began in Brazil when he fought in the Mecca Organization. He lost his very first official fight but then went on to win the next nine and even defeated the current Shooto champion of that time, Hayato Sakurai. After this small but successful Brazilian stint, he moved into the PRIDE Fighting Championships in 2002. Silva won his first three fights in this league but in PRIDE 26 he lost to Daiju Takase when he got a good strangle hold on him. After that loss he went through a few other promotions until he joined the Cage Rage promotion that was held in England. There during Cage Rage 8, he fought UFC veteran Lee Murray and defeated him by decision. He went back and forth between the PRIDE and Cage Rage promotions with a mixed record of wins and losses until he finally signed with the UFC in the mid 2000's.
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On October 14, 2006, at UFC 64, Rich Franklin and Anderson Silva entered the ring. After a short round Cheap Olivier Giroud Jersey , Silva came out victor with a TKO. It was here that Silva was named Middleweight Champion and where his career really began to take off. Later in February of 2007, Silva would win another convincing victory against Travis Lutter, who was the Ultimate Fighter Season 4 winner. He would win by submission because of his powerful strikes.
Throughout his career, Silva has proven to be one of the best strikers in the sport and has shown that with some impressive wins against some fierce competitors.
SYDNEY, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has posted a flat first-quarter cash earnings of 2.4 billion Australian dollars (1.8 billion U.S. dollars) ending Sept. 30, no thanks to a low interest rate environment, a stronger Australian dollar and higher insurance claims.
Australia's multinational lender on Tuesday said its net interest margin also declined due to higher funding costs, but home lending, domestic business lending and household deposits all grew.
"Loan Impairment Expense (LIE) was 322 million Australian dollars (247 million U.S. dollars) in the quarter, equating to 18 basis points of gross loans and acceptances, compared to 19 basis points in FY16," CBA said in a statement.
"Consumer LIE was higher in the quarter, primarily driven by continued stress in areas of WA and QLD impacted by the mining downturn."
The quarter also saw CBA's troublesome and impaired assets rose from 5.5 billion Australian dollars (4.24 billion U.S. dollars) in the previous period to 6.8 billion Australian dollars (5.24 billion U.S. dollars), reflecting the impact of lower prices in the New Zealand dairy sector.
CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy told Xinhua that the CBA first-quarter results were broadly in line though some elements did not please its investors.
"There are some areas of some different concern and in the wholesale funding spread and the business lines are reflecting that the environment remains competitive for wholesale banking," he said.
At 16:10 local time (AEDT), CBA shares were down 0.63 percent at 72.07 Australian dollars (55.51 U.S. dollars).
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The three-day fair of Chinese producers in Central and Eastern