Anderson Silva Interview - Post Franklin Fight
For those not familiar with Tatame, it’s a popular magazine and website devoted to Brazilian fighters and tournaments. Tatame caught up with Brazilian superstar Anderson Silva a couple of weeks ago for a brief interview. Silva gives his thoughts on the Franklin rematch, fellow countrymen Maurcio Shogun Rua and Wanderlei Silva, and the UFC.
Tatame: Was there any difference in this new fight against Rich Franklin?
Anderson Silva: He seemed to be stronger, more motivated than the last time, it was difficult to hold his neck in the clinch, it maybe seemed to be an easy fight, but it wasn´t.
T: So you think he came to this fight more well prepared?
AS: Yes, he was more prepared and was tougher.
T: Since you´ve won the belt, all of your bouts was to keep the title. Will it happen any bout without being to dispute the belt?
AS: The guys only fight to dispute the belt. I would like to fight two or three times without disputing the belt, but think this will not happen. But I´m ok, I´m very happy in Ultimate, the guys treat me well, they do things right and I would like to thank God, my friends and you from TATAME that are always giving me all the support to continue doing my work.
T: Do you think Shogun became tired or haven´t adapted himself to octagon in his debut in UFC?
AS: I think that there´s a moment in life that you must stop and analyze what you are gonna do and what you are not going to do. He was married recently, and seemed that he didn´t trained properly. I don´t know exactly what happened because I don´t have much contact with him anymore, but he´s a good athlete, has a good heart and must understand that defeats happen in our life, it´s natural to have ups and downs. I think he´ll return in great style, he must be calm, and forget the past.
T: There are people commenting that Wanderlei will debut against Chuck Liddel. What advice would you give to him?
AS: I think the first thing he should do is to be together with people interested in help him to reach his objective and train a lot. I have a good friendship with Chuck but I´ll cheer for Wanderlei because he´s brazillian but is a very hard fight for both of them, but I think this bout will not happen.
T: Who do you think that they will put to fight against Wanderlei?
AS: There are many fighters inside UFC so it´s difficult to say which one they will choose, but there´s Quinton, Forrest Griffin, many good fighters in this category.There´s Feijão that will soon be entering UFC, and there is also Lyoto that is training hard to get his space in UFC.
T: So you confirm that Feijão will soon be in UFC?
AS: In my opinion he should already be there. I talked about him with the guys from UFC.
