Ultimate Fighting Champion’s Silva held in Fla. jail; accused of threatening wife with gun

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FILE - In a Saturday, Nov.10, 2012 file photo, Thiago Silva of Boca Raton, Fla., left, fights with Stanislav Nedkov of Bulgaria during the Light Heavyweight match of the Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC in Macau. Ultimate Fighting Champion fighter Thiago Silva is being held in a Broward County, Fla., jail on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, accused of threatening his wife with a gun. Jail records show 31-year-old Silva was being held without bond Saturday. The Brazilian mixed martial artist was arrested on Thursday on charges that include attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and obstruction without violence. But his attorney, Scott Saul, says the charges were downgraded during a Friday court appearance to aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – An Ultimate Fighting Champion fighter is being held in a Broward County jail, accused of threatening his wife with a gun.

Jail records show 31-year-old Thiago Silva was being held without bond Saturday.

The Brazilian mixed martial artist was arrested on Thursday on charges that include attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and obstruction without violence. But his attorney, Scott Saul, says the charges were downgraded during a Friday court appearance to aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

A message left with Ultimate Fighting Championship was not immediately returned.

Authorities say Silva took a gun to a mixed martial arts academy in Oakland Park where he threatened his estranged wife. Silva left and was holed up in his home for hours until he surrendered.

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