“I don’t know if it is that Chute Boxe spirit that still lives inside Anderson Silva, but from the moment that a fight is booked he turns on this mentality that his opponent is his worse and most hateful enemy. And that was what we saw at that stare down on Abu Dhabi. Vitor Belfort is a friendly guy and was not expecting that. It was awkward but kind of funny.”
“I like Vitor a lot, we were really close friends, but business is business and he will have to be not only at his best physical shape, but also be really prepared on the mental and psychological side.”
“The weight cut for Vitor is brutal; everybody knows that it is really hard for him to get to 185lbs. And Anderson can be eating chocolates the entire flight from Brazil to the US and still make weight with no problem.”
— The leader and manager of Black House speaks with portaldovaletudo.uol.com.
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort coverage
Feb 5th, live on Pay-per-view from Las Vegas, Nevada:
– Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort [MW title]
– Jon Fitch vs. Jake Ellenberger
– Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
– Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
– Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos