Anderson Silva Still Recovering from Surgery, Will Not Fight at UFC 108
It appears as though Vitor Belfort will have to wait a bit longer for his shot at the UFC Middleweight Championship. According to the current title-holder’s manager, Ed Soares, Anderson Silva is still undergoing physical therapy for recent surgery to his elbow and will be unable to compete on January 2nd at UFC 108 (as had been previously rumored). Soares made the comments in a brief statement... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort set for UFC 108
Anderson Silva is set to defend his middleweight title against fellow Brazilian Vitor Belfort at UFC 108. The event is expected to take place on January 2 from Las Vegas, Nevada, kicking 2010 off with a bang. UFC President Dana White recently confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the bout has been verbally agreed to by both fighters. Silva’s last trip to the Octagon was a highlight reel first... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva to Wanderlei: ‘If you had long hair and a pretty mouth, you’d be like Angelina Jolie’
At one point in time Anderson and Wanderlei Silva were close friends and training partners out of the feared Chute Boxe Academy in the fight team’s heyday, but those day have past. Since their time training together in their native country of Brazil the two have long gone their separate ways. Recently, with Anderson training with Rich Franklin to prepare him for his past match with Wanderlei... [Read More...]
Elbow surgery puts Anderson Silva on the shelf until 2010
It appears as though UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva may be forced to the sidelines until sometime in 2010 due to elbow surgery. According to a recent report from MMA Live, the surgery will render Silva unable to compete throughout the duration of this year. As of this time it is unknown as to when the injury occurred as there was no news of an injury following his recent first round demolition... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva makes great fighters look bad
Months of hard work, blood, sweat and tears left in the gym to prepare yourself for a fight and in 3 minutes and 23 seconds its over. Everything you trained for, everything you planned, everything you envisioned in your mind was over before it began. This is what happened to Forrest Griffin on Saturday night at UFC 101. Griffin was matched up with Anderson Silva for one reason, his ability to force... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva Batters Forrest Griffin At UFC 101
Current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva established himself as a legitimate threat to the crown at 205 pounds, and further solidified the argument that he is the best fighter in the world this evening at UFC 101 as he made knocking out former UFC light-heavyweight champion Forest Griffin look easy. The bout started out simple enough, with both men sizing the other up, before Silva caught a... [Read More...]
Roy Jones Jr. heads to UFC 101 to scout Anderson Silva
Roy Jones Jr. is heading to Philadelphia to scout a future opponent that goes by the nickname of “The Spider”. It has been reported by our good friend Bob Treiger that the eight-time, multiple weight class boxing champion will be taking a day off from his current grueling training camp for his upcoming August 15 battle against Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy to make the trip to UFC 101... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva: ‘[Robert Drysdale] is an idiot!’
Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jiitsu and BJJ coach to former UFC light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin, Robert Drysdale has recently come under fire by UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva for statements the decorated submission specialist made during the recent airing of the UFC 101 Countdown on Spike TV. A decorated grappler and coach to other successful UFC fighters such as Randy Couture... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva has signed to box Roy Jones Jr.
UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva (24-4) has made it clear that he plans on retiring from the UFC once his contract expires. As of now, Anderson has four fights with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the most recent on August 8th in Philadelphia against contender Forrest Griffin. However, according to Anderson himself in a recent conversation with Fighters Only Magazine,... [Read More...]
Dana White: ‘We could see a Wanderlei Silva – Anderson Silva fight in the very near future’
How time can change things. Once close friends and training partners at the Chute Boxe Academy in Brazil, Wanderlei and Anderson Silva are anything but buddies these days. Wanderlei’s recent decision to drop to middleweight surely got underneath Anderson’s skin, and the UFC middleweight champion’s decision to train Rich Franklin for his UFC 99 showdown with “The Axe Murderer”... [Read More...]
Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva expected for UFC 101
Forrest Griffin will still be fighting in Philadelphia on August 8, and he will be fighting a Silva but it will not be Thiago. According to a report from John Morgan annd Dann Stupp at MMAjunkie.com, Griffin will now face Anderson Silva when the UFC comes east this August at UFC 101. According to the reports, verbal agreements are now in place. Griffin, who has been out of action since losing his light... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva: ‘I’m not unbeatable’
After falling under an enormous amount of criticism for a lackluster, seemingly uninspired title defense against Thales Leites at UFC 97, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has recently revealed the real reason behind his most recent highly scrutinized gameplan is the fact that, in his words, he’s ‘no longer a kid’. In a recent interview with Tatame.com following the championship... [Read More...]
Plenty of challenges left for Anderson Silva at 185
Can The Spider be defeated? Will his dominant reign over the UFC’s middleweight division ever come to an end? These were often the thoughts going through many viewers minds when they would get to see Anderson Silva fight. As of late is has been quite different, Silva has been getting criticized for his past two performances. Is it that we may be spoiled as the audience, and as of late he has... [Read More...]
Rich Franklin Will Train with Anderson Silva in Preparation for Wanderlei Silva
Rich Franklin who will meet Wanderlei Silva June 13th in Germany at UFC 99 has called upon a former foe to help him prepare for this bout. In an article by Dan Stupp in the Dayton Daily News, sources close to Anderson Silva have confirmed that he will indeed be working with Franklin as he prepares to meet the “Axe Murderer.” Franklin’s manager, J.T. Stewart, was asked to comment on the unusual... [Read More...]
Following lackluster title defense at UFC 97, Roy Jones Jr. ‘can’t wait’ to face Anderson Silva
Talk of a potential boxing match between current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and multiple weight class boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. is nothing new to mixed martial arts fans. The two have been verbally sparring for months about a possible match-up in a boxing ring since Silva first made his desire to face Jones public in 2008. Any chance of the bout actually coming to fruition anytime... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva’s Manager Responds to Bad Press
Anderson Silva’s manager Ed Soares is fed up with allegations of Silva greasing and putting on a lackluster performance Saturday at UFC 97. Soares expressed his frustrations in a phone interview with The Fight Network on Tuesday. “It’s absolutely ridiculous,” said Soares. “We didn’t put any Vaseline on. Let’s face it. How much Vaseline can come off the eyebrows... [Read More...]
Define Greasing: Anderson Silva and the unspoken incident at UFC 97
I’m going to make this short and sweet. First of all, in no way by stating the following facts am I implying that Anderson Silva was intentionally trying to gain some kind of advantage by transferring the lubricant applied to his face onto his body. For all I know he may felt like it was excessive to the point where it may have been a distraction and just wanted to get rid of some of the excess... [Read More...]
Did Anderson Silva really apologize for performance?
While many fans in Montreal were not happy with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s performance during his five-round unanimous decision victory over Thales Leites this past Saturday, there are questions whether a post-fight apology was really made. During a translation of Silva’s answers during his post-fight victory speech, manager/translator Ed Soares issued an apology to the... [Read More...]
Anderson Silva announces intentions to box Roy Jones Jr. once UFC contract expires
Current UFC middleweight champion and serious contender to the claim of being the sports pound for pound best fighter, Anderson Silva, has recently discussed his plans to face off with Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match once his contract is up with the UFC. He also seems to imply that once his contract has been honored with the UFC, he may be finished with the sport altogether. In a recent interview with... [Read More...]
Nathan Marquardt wants to be more than just “Great,” he wants to be the best
Nathan Marquardt has long been considered among the very best of MMA’s middleweight division. Nearly a decade invested into the fighting sport with close to forty fights against the best in the game, Marquardt is a three time Pancrase middleweight champion and has notched wins against some of the toughest fighters in the business. Experienced and dangerous veterans like Dean Lister, Jeremy... [Read More...]
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