In a recent interview with Veja.com Anderson Silva speaks about his very impressive victory over Yushin Okami at UFC 134. Even more impressive is the fact that he pulled that fight and eventual TKO off with an injured shoulder.
Anderson Silva on Saturday further established his claim as pound for pound the best fighter in the world today quite arguably the best ever with his win over Yushin Okami at UFC 134. It was Silva's 15th overall and 14th in the UFC. When a guy is that dominant in his weight class and disposing of all challengers in his path, the next path would be for a guy to move up in weight and fight guys at that weight class to further cement his legacy in the sport.
Antonio Minotauro Nogueira admitted that he did not even pay attention to the fans on the way out to the octagon at UFC 134. The minute he realized that there was that much cheering was the minute after he shocked the fans by way of KO against Brendan Schaub.
In what marks his 9th title defense and his 14th fight inside the octagon, Anderson Silva absolutely made a show of Yushin Okami last night at UFC 134. The current Middleweight Champion has not lost a fight in nearly 6 years and has completely cleaned out the middleweight division. Below are highlights brought to you by the newest partner to the UFC, Fox Sports.
Have you ever spoken to people who watched Muhammad Ali and they go on and on about how great of a boxer he was. When it comes to the sport of MMA maybe one day we will be talking about Anderson Silva in the same vein.
Following last nights UFC 134 event as always was the post fight press conference. The nights big winners stuck around for media to get their questions in at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Not only is it amazing that the UFC has made it's way back to the city seems like the birthplace of MMA, but it's super cool that they held their open workouts on Copacabana beach in Rio.
n a recent interview with TATAME.com UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta spoke about the UFC's upcoming debut on Fox Sports.
"We don't have a main event set yet, we'll find out probably after this Saturday, these fights in Rio, then we'll set a main event. But it'll be something big. It'll be a big fight. I would love to do (Silva vs. Henderson). Anderson just needs a win."
We are back and at it for UFC 134's Fatlip Fight Picks. Do you think you have what it takes to take on our so-called experts? Thanks to Dominant Ground a super snazzy t-shirt will be given to the lucky fan that beats one of our staff. Here's the deal, 1 point for winner, 1 point for how and 1 point for round. If you get all three of those correct give yourself a bonus point.
