Team Link: Thiago Silva and Paulo Filho join Gabriel Gonzaga in Ludlow, Mass., camp

Props: MassLive.com
Quoteworthy:
"Gabriel Gonzaga put Ludlow on the mixed martial arts map. His manager, Marco Alvan, is trying to make sure it stays there. Alvan has added two renowned fighters to his Team Link stable, which already includes Gonzaga - a top heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Thiago Silva is 11-0 and will fight at next month's "UFC 78" in Newark, N.J., while Paulo Filho is the middleweight champion of UFC's sister promotion - World Extreme Cagefighting."
Interesting aside: In the article Filho confirms his rumored WEC 185-pound title bout against former UFC welterweight contender Frank Trigg on December 12. Good fight.
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They need to ge4t Paulo Filho in the ufc! (1st)
by ppwwpp on Oct 24, 2007 3:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The fact that Filho is not in the UFC is baffling to me… I know he’s good friends with Anderson Silva, and possibly wouldn’t fight him… But the fact that Zuffa have just sat back and watched one of the best MW’s on the planet cruise into the WEC… WTF?!? I can understand the smaller weight(Bantam and Featherweight) fighters making a home, but Filho in WEC is like putting a T-rex in a cage with a flock of sheep.
by Oskarbravo on Oct 24, 2007 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Zuffa’s worst nightmare: Trigg smashes Filho. Get those guys in the UFC, btw. Cmon!
by SirMixaLot on Oct 24, 2007 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
by Sanjaya on Oct 24, 2007 3:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
Ha, you’re a moron and a tool. I will leave it at that.
Back to the subject, this is great for Silva. This is what he needs to help him push himself up into the top 10 of the light heavies. Gabe Go is one of the best people to train with right now in MMA, and Filho and Silva are making great moves.
by "Mr. NC-17" on Oct 24, 2007 3:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
Somebody didnt change their tampon today.
by Druby Sunshine on Oct 24, 2007 3:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if this will lead to more Chute Box fighters coming to train in Ludlow? Gabe is from CHute Box, and so is Thiago.
Sanjaya, why are you’re panties all in a bunch? What happened?
by ViolentMike on Oct 24, 2007 4:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
those 3 fighters could be contenders in the ufc in all three respective weight classes, i like them all, thats the start of a really nice fight camp…
by tha spida on Oct 24, 2007 4:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mike, I know Gaberiel came for Chutebox, but didn’t he leave for team link?
by FFL on Oct 24, 2007 4:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No, he is still in the team link and marco alvan is still his coach
p.s. he had better improve his stamina before he comes back.
I’ve seen him fighting against arona in submission wrestling as a middleweight.. and joe rogan said he couldn’t make 205…
by shamo84 on Oct 24, 2007 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
Don’t even bother. I erased “1” when you posted first and you go ape shit? Good riddance, fagboy. Get a grip.
by UFCmania on Oct 24, 2007 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that means he is carrying 70 extra pounds
by shamo84 on Oct 24, 2007 4:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i’m really surprised by this! i drive by ludlow on my way to NYC sometimes and there seems to be nothing going on in that town. its super quiet town off the highway.
by bostonmmajunkie on Oct 24, 2007 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
Are you still mad because you lost on American Idol?
by PW on Oct 24, 2007 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t even bother. I erased “1” when you posted first and you go ape shit? Good riddance, fagboy. Get a grip.
Did “Mania” just say “FAGBOY”
rotf
by "Mr. NC-17" on Oct 24, 2007 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
Please control your estrogen.
by Pat on Oct 24, 2007 4:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe after Filho fights Trigg things will change, but I’m also baffled by the fact that they let him go into the WEC. Maybe if he wasn’t undefeated, or no one said that he was the BEST MIDDLEWEIGHT ON THE PLANET,then I’d let it slide, but the UFC definitely needs to get their shit together, and have the best fighters fight the best fighters. Zuffa wanted Filho in WEC to give them some name recognition and make it seem like a strong division- well I got news for you Zuffa; you need that in the UFC MW division! I think Filho has all the tools he needs to dominate Anderson Silva and with the Spider looking invincible, this is the perfect time to have them fight.
I think houston alexander will knock out Thiago Silva at 78.
by skatanicus on Oct 24, 2007 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I apologize mania, the reason i got so mad was cause when i posted that GURGEL was a closet homo u just deleted and me and you both know sometimes people say WORSE things on here and you leave it on there so i felt a lil disrespected, but my sincerest apologies, plus my wife acting up today so i was a lil UPSET today already, ha ha
by Sanjaya on Oct 24, 2007 4:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
Mania I love this site. Dont let retards hurt your feelings. haha
by DJ Pullout on Oct 24, 2007 4:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mania.. I “always” come to this site first due to the layout of the site… and you all do a great job here! I would like to thank you.. I love MMA!, and the fact we have great people like you who also love this great sport, create a website for all of us to “Tastefully” express our thoughts on the events that are occuring in the MMA world is outstanding! Sanjaya your excuse for insulting UFC Mania is Garbage…its one thing to be upset..but another to be completely disrespectful!
Bye the way… you say what you said about Gurgel..but your name is “Sanjaya?” cool…
by cyborgassassin on Oct 24, 2007 5:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t even bother. I erased “1” when you posted first and you go ape shit? Good riddance, fagboy. Get a grip.
Hey did u read this?
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers DE Marcus Jones has retired from the NFL but has not retired as an active athlete. He’s currently working towards a career in professional MMA and is training with Rob Kahn at Gracie Tampa.
by Thorazine on Oct 24, 2007 5:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t even bother. I erased “1” when you posted first and you go ape shit? Good riddance, fagboy. Get a grip.
r u kidding me, all that mess was cuz mania erased his “1” posting. F off Sanjaya, you are about as relevant to this site as Sanjaya was to American Idol. Good Sh*t Mania. And enough with all the “Im first” posts its getting old and gay.
“Ill just get another name and come terrorize this freakin website”…lol what a clown. That dude lost his mind, he’s prolly gonna go pull a colombine tomorrow… What a tool
by john on Oct 24, 2007 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mania….much props…u do a great job of giving us our daily mma fix.
by john on Oct 24, 2007 5:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I apologize mania, the reason i got so mad was cause when i posted that GURGEL was a closet homo u just deleted and me and you both know sometimes people say WORSE things on here and you leave it on there so i felt a lil disrespected, but my sincerest apologies, plus my wife acting up today so i was a lil UPSET today already, ha ha
LOL get a grip weirdo!!!!!!! Some one is starting to miss this “2nd rate website” already. He should be banished from all mma blogging.
Dude has a wife and he is on here talking about “I’m first”, grow up looser…obviously his wife doesn’t give him ne!
by john on Oct 24, 2007 5:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i’m really surprised by this! i drive by ludlow on my way to NYC sometimes and there seems to be nothing going on in that town. its super quiet town off the highway.
Ya its a quiet town but you got springfield next door, well its pretty dead there to but a lot of good mma athletes frank shamrock does many seminars in this town with walt Lysak
by polishkid on Oct 24, 2007 6:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i just saw something sayin fihlo is fighting trigg in the wec in december
by adam on Oct 24, 2007 6:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
u need to get both those dudes in the ufc, trigg being a middleweight can stand against most anyone unlike when he was a welterweight, and filho needs to be in the ufc,
by bryant on Oct 24, 2007 6:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
If this is such a 2nd grade web site then why do you want and keep blogging on it. It’s not Mania’s fault your wife doesn’t like you!!!
by spades8119 on Oct 24, 2007 6:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Mania: I haven’t seen any news on the Randy Couture statement that was supposed to be announced yesterday sometime around the Fedor announcement. Are there any updates?
by FFL on Oct 24, 2007 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can see the logic in having Filho in the WEC. He’s not gonna be fighting Anderson anytime soon unless the UFC throw a bunch of cash at him, which i doubt they’d do at this point.
Stick him in the WEC let him rack up a few wins and make a name for himself, then they can justify offering the big bucks for a fight with Anderson. Makes sense to me anyway.
by Fortesz on Oct 24, 2007 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So now three Silva’s have left Chute Box and I believe Filho was either with BTT or BlackHouse. I think that Chute Box needs to regain some talent.
by Mahde on Oct 24, 2007 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t even bother. I erased “1” when you posted first and you go ape shit? Good riddance, fagboy. Get a grip.
Is there some fascination with being first that I am missing here? This is getting out of hand.
by Mahde on Oct 24, 2007 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can see the logic in having Filho in the WEC. He’s not gonna be fighting Anderson anytime soon unless the UFC throw a bunch of cash at him, which i doubt they’d do at this point.
Stick him in the WEC let him rack up a few wins and make a name for himself, then they can justify offering the big bucks for a fight with Anderson. Makes sense to me anyway.
Yep, It’s as likely as Shogun vs Wandy
by Hoodlum on Oct 24, 2007 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
u need to get both those dudes in the ufc, trigg being a middleweight can stand against most anyone unlike when he was a welterweight, and filho needs to be in the ufc,
Bryant: I agree. At middleweight Trigg is better than anything else that the UFC has in it’s middleweight stables. However, I think Dana and Trigg have beef with each other. When Dana purchased PRIDE he said that all the PRIDE employees would keep their jobs except for Frank Trigg. He was fired. I suspect that a petty beef between him and Dana will keep the UFC from signing him to a contract.
I can’t stand all the petty beef between Dana and his fighters. He is the freakin president of a billion dollar corporation and he has beef’s with his employees. Very unprofessional in my oppinion.
Trigg is just another fighter part of a long list of very talented fighters that will not fight in the UFC because of Dana White.
Some of these fighters are:
Frank Trigg
Frank Shamrock
Matt Lindland
Fedor Emelianenko
In the end, us fans are the ones getting the short end of the stick
by john on Oct 24, 2007 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mania I love this site. Dont let retards hurt your feelings. haha
I think you’ve got the best UFC site, I think you’ve got a lot of good regular posters that make and a lot of freaken idiots who had a bad day at work, but more than likely a bad day at high school.
by Hoodlum on Oct 24, 2007 8:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Silva and Filho don’t seem that reluctant to fight each other to me. Bisping and Rampage are willing to fight each other, and I’m sure if they fight they’ll say they just want to put on a good show, and Filho and Silva seem to have the same attitude. As long as Silva is champ, there WILL be a lot of money in it for them if they fight and I think they’d both accept, it’s just a matter of who people want to see Anderson fight next- and I doubt you can think of someone that’s a better candidate than Filho.
by skatanicus on Oct 24, 2007 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Last weekend, Frank Trigg was telling people that the WEC Filho fight was just an internet rumor and that he’s not signing w/ the UFC or WEC.
Shit, good news if your source is true. Also, Why would Thiago Silva leave Chutebox?
by hbdale309 on Oct 24, 2007 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t stand all the petty beef between Dana and his fighters. He is the freakin president of a billion dollar corporation and he has beef’s with his employees. Very unprofessional in my oppinion.
Trigg is just another fighter part of a long list of very talented fighters that will not fight in the UFC because of Dana White.
Some of these fighters are:
Frank Trigg
Frank Shamrock
Matt Lindland
Fedor Emelianenko
In the end, us fans are the ones getting the short end of the stick
Biased much? He tried to get Fedor but the terms weren’t right. The UFC doesn’t want Lindland. Shamrock retired on his own terms and has since been avoiding legit top fighters, but you better believe he’d be back in the UFC if he really wanted to. Trigg and Dana seem to not like one another, but Dana and Tito hate each other and they make it work. Trigg isn’t in the UFC because he had zero use to the welterweight division and has only recently remade himself as a decent middleweight.
by Michaelthebox on Oct 24, 2007 8:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I came. I saw. I conquered.
Why the UFC hasn’t signed Filho, I have no freakin’ clue. He was my favorite middle weight in Pride and making the analogy that it’s like putting a T-rex in a cage by having him fight for WEC is correct. He’s a freakin beast and will destroy trigg.
by Gene on Oct 25, 2007 2:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
how about you just go away and stay away. Your idiotic ramblings would make any site second rate.
by new mma fan on Oct 25, 2007 8:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
F you then mania ill just get another name and set up another email and ill be back to blog on your 2nd rate website that people only come to when they are bored w/ all the other REAL sites
Wow whats this about? Why would you want to come to a website and blog where you are obviously not wanted and you feel is crap? Bored or not I never resort to crap when I am bored! Read a book, take a walk, take a nap, hell watch jerry Springer, but to piss yourself off over a blogging site that are a dime a dozen, shows that you may have entirely way to much time on your hands and take the internet way to personally..
Mania is a 2nd rate site? Really I Like mania comapared to alot of the other sites. I like the people, most are well informed and knowledgable, and I feel that a lot of there info is pretty good and accurate.
by Da Monkey on Oct 25, 2007 8:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
those 3 fighters could be contenders in the ufc in all three respective weight classes, i like them all, thats the start of a really nice fight camp…
I totally agree. My only concern is with how thorough the guys running the facility really are. After all, a good team is only as good as it’s coach/coaches.
by Machine on Oct 25, 2007 9:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe after Filho fights Trigg things will change, but I’m also baffled by the fact that they let him go into the WEC. Maybe if he wasn’t undefeated, or no one said that he was the BEST MIDDLEWEIGHT ON THE PLANET,then I’d let it slide, but the UFC definitely needs to get their shit together, and have the best fighters fight the best fighters. Zuffa wanted Filho in WEC to give them some name recognition and make it seem like a strong division- well I got news for you Zuffa; you need that in the UFC MW division! I think Filho has all the tools he needs to dominate Anderson Silva and with the Spider looking invincible, this is the perfect time to have them fight.
I think houston alexander will knock out Thiago Silva at 78.
The only problem with what you propose is that Silva & Filho are good friends and both have stated that they will not fight each other.
by Machine on Oct 25, 2007 9:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t even bother. I erased “1” when you posted first and you go ape shit? Good riddance, fagboy. Get a grip.
Nothing better than when Mania slams a moron. This is only like the 3rd time i’ve seen it. It gets better everytime. Even threw in a fagboy. Priceless.
by RearNakedSlam on Oct 25, 2007 9:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t even bother. I erased “1” when you posted first and you go ape shit? Good riddance, fagboy. Get a grip.
LOLOLOLOL, THAT is what this was over. OMG!!!!!!!
by ViolentMike on Oct 25, 2007 9:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey did u read this?
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers DE Marcus Jones has retired from the NFL but has not retired as an active athlete. He’s currently working towards a career in professional MMA and is training with Rob Kahn at Gracie Tampa.
Thorazine, Did you see the K-1 Hero’s event with Jonnie Morton earlier this year? Bernard Ackah KO’d him & he was out for like 5min. After seeing that, I’m not so sure about these former football stars transitioning into MMA. Not to mention that he tested positive for roids. Judging by the Jonnie Morton example, I can see many of them looking to rely solely on their explosiveness & never apply any true technique. I could be jumping the gun but Jonnie’s athletic ability clearly wasnt enough.
by Machine on Oct 25, 2007 9:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bryant: I agree. At middleweight Trigg is better than anything else that the UFC has in it’s middleweight stables. However, I think Dana and Trigg have beef with each other. When Dana purchased PRIDE he said that all the PRIDE employees would keep their jobs except for Frank Trigg. He was fired. I suspect that a petty beef between him and Dana will keep the UFC from signing him to a contract.
I can’t stand all the petty beef between Dana and his fighters. He is the freakin president of a billion dollar corporation and he has beef’s with his employees. Very unprofessional in my oppinion.
Trigg is just another fighter part of a long list of very talented fighters that will not fight in the UFC because of Dana White.
Some of these fighters are:
Frank Trigg
Frank Shamrock
Matt Lindland
Fedor EmelianenkoIn the end, us fans are the ones getting the short end of the stick
I couldnt agree more. It shows a lack of poor business sense by Dana & more so by the Fertitta’s for allowing his petty issues get in the way of profits.
by Machine on Oct 25, 2007 9:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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