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

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