Archive for the 'Anderson Silva' Category
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UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva will join forces once again to the benefit of aspiring mixed martial arts (MMA) students (and underprivileged children) in the Miami, Fla., area with the grand opening of a new training facility, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
The 15,000 square-foot “Nogueira and Silva Mixed […]
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“St. Pierre is a great fighter, but I would never put on weights to face the champion of [another] category. My weight is 98kg and I lose weight to fight at 83kg and I would never make that. But people talks what they want and if this fight really happen, I […]
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Quoteworthy:
“I don’t see how it could discredit the UFC. The guy has boxed before and he’s a tall, slick, left handed fighter. That gives everybody problems. It would be a good fight. As fighters we’re supposed to be trying to do things that amaze people and make history. This could have been something […]
UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva and former Pride FC Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko make the 25 Toughest Athletes list over at SI.com. Emelianenko came in at #8 — behind Allen Iverson but ahead of Floyd Mayweather.
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Quoteworthy:
“Roy likes the idea and is up for it. It’s being discussed. Roy will only agree if the match takes place under the rules of boxing, and UFC would have to clear Silva’s participation.”
Alan Hopper, director of public relations for Don King Productions, confirms “preliminary” talks to match up UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson […]
“As it stands now, there are six middleweight fights on the Montreal card (including mine), but I really don’t know how many of them are going to be challenging for the title in the near future. I just see Silva on such a pedestal right now. It’s tough being a middleweight and fighting to the […]
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Quoteworthy;
“Anderson really would love to fight Roy Jones, Jr. in a boxing match. It’s not just talk, we really would like to put that fight together…. We respect Jones’ boxing ability and think he’s one of the best … but we’re tired of different boxers saying that MMA fighters aren’t technical. Anderson would love […]
