Thiago Silva has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a lengthy police standoff ended in front of his house in Oakland.
Thiago Silva is in custody tonight after an alleged standoff with the Broward County Sheriff's Department SWAT team in Oakland Park, Fla.
Thiago Silva's name turned up in an arrest records search on the Broward County Sheriff's website last Friday morning according to the reports.
The UFC Fighter will face multiple charges, including two counts of attempted felony murder, one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and one count of resisting officer without violence to his or her person.
According to several reports, an armed Thiago Silva went into a jiu-jitsu school at 777 E. Oakland Park Blvd., which belongs to famed Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor Pablo Popovitch and allegedly began threatening people at the school.
According to Fox News, no one was injured at the Jiu-Jitsu school and after Thiago Silva left.
The situation began at around 7:45 p.m. local time in Florida when police were called to the scene.
From there the armed Thiago Silva went back to his home and barricaded himself inside. The house located at 2041 Coral Heights Court was later identified as being owned by the UFC Fighter as SWAT team members surrounded the home while trying to negotiate his surrender.
After a lengthy standoff with the police, Thiago Silva allegedly surrendered.
According to BJPenn.com, Thiago Silva, upon hearing of his wife having sex with Jiu Jitsu coach, Pablo Popovich, the top UFC light-heavyweight barged into Pablo Popovich's Jiu-Jitsu school gun-drawn, looking for Pablo.
Zuffa, owner of the UFC, has released the following statement:
"This evening, we were made aware of a situation involving Thiago Silva. We are in the process of gathering the facts and have no further comment at this time."