Fresh off a victory over Travis Lutter at UFC 67, “The Spider” is looking to sharpen his knowledge of “The Science of Eight Limbs” — Muay Thai — in Thailand for 20 days, according to GracieMag.com.
Perhaps the most dangerous striker in the UFC, Anderson Silva feels he can get better.
Here’s a snip:
… the Brazilian packed his bags to travel across the world. Owner of one of today’s greatest standup games, Anderson is going to Thailand to perfect his muay thai. Interestingly, this will be the first time Anderson visits the Asian country that gave birth to one of the world’s favorite martial arts.
So much for a vacation — and giving those injured knees a much-needed rest.
The thought of Silva fine-tuning an already sick stand-up arsenal is downright … spooky?
The UFC middleweight champion will also soon relocate to the United States, according to FightNetwork.com.
Here’s a snip:
… [Dana] White announced [Silva] would be moving to the U.S. to live and train in the coming months. Ed Soares, Silva’s interpreter and confidante, said Silva has not decided on a date, but will most likely settle in California, possibly to open a branch of his newly-formed Black House gym. Asked where Silva’s Black House and Muay Thai Dream Team mates would land, Soares assured, “The family will remain together.”
Language barrier or not, it seems as though the Brazilian is adjusting nicely to his new role as the UFC 185-pound king.
And he seems dead set on ensuring that he is not dethroned anytime soon.
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The scary thing is in Thailand he WILL get better. The Muay Thai there is 2nd to none, and he’s training at the most respected and talent rich Muay Thai camp in Thailand. It’s also refreshing to see how much he loves the UFC, with Cro-cop looking like a hired gun who wants to collect his check and leave without really embracing the fans or UFC it’s great to see Silva’s enthusiasm and now that he’s moving to the US it makes it even better. Just imagine some of the guys that’ll come out of his camp in LA, im sure he’ll have some sick strikers come out of his camp. At least Silva and Rampage will be staples in the UFC for years to come, now we just need to get the most we can out of Cro-Cop before he hightails it outta here.
actually, Silva may end up teaching guys over there their own poison….the dude muy thai is sickening. And a ground game too???
Atomic bomb… hydrogen bomb… both will blow shit up.
silva is a bad man. I feel he willl be at the top for quite sometime.Rich seemed to have lost something when he fought louozeau as well as david lost something. if you saw the fight on showtime what a shame. rich will get killed again if he fights this guy again.
Hey,
What is the name of that training camp in Thailand?
I will be there soon and would love to train.
Many thanks,
D