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Spider visits Nike Headquarters

July 19, 2012 by Jason Cruz 4 Comments

Fighters Only poses the question whether Nike will produce an Anderson Silva clothing line.  Silva was recently pictured wearing a “Silva Knows”  t-shirt as he visited Nike’s main headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.

Silva has been tweeting his visit and taking pictures.  The Swoosh has sponsored Silva inside and outside of the Octagon for almost a year now and the visit could mean that there are bigger things ahead.

Silva Knows
Day 1 at Nike

Photos via Anderson Silva’s twitter @SpiderAnderson

Payout Perspective:

As you may have noticed, Silva’s swooshes were extra big on his walkout attire at UFC 148 just so we all knew.  It wouldn’t be a surprise if we saw signature Silva gear come out in Brazil and maybe in limited quantities in the U.S.  Silva’s meetings at Nike can only mean more endorsement opportunities for Silva and more visibility for the sport on a whole.  Nike is capitalizing on Silva’s dominance in the Octagon and putting out t-shirts would make sense at this point.

Filed Under: sponsorships

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  1. Lucas says

    July 20, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    These pictures were taken at the Nike Headquarters in portland, not in Brazil.

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  2. Lucas says

    July 20, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    Btw, the Nike Headquartes are in Oregon, but not in portland, my mistake.

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    • Jason Cruz says

      July 20, 2012 at 7:14 pm

      @Lucas: Beaverton is just right outside of Portland so you weren’t that far off. So, Portland is close enough. 🙂

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  3. Jason Cruz says

    July 20, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    Silva actually was at the main headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. H/t goes out to reader Lucas for picking this up.

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