Shut uP silva! We all know you are the best in the world, enough with the Humble approach already!

anderson is just being the nice guy he always is.

he knows he would slap philo around like a red headed step child.

i mean philo is a great mw but i wouldn’t even have him top 3

let alone number 1.

As far as I’m concerned, Filho is still No. 2 in the WEC.

boo fu*kin hoo

Im sure that this statement will really please the UFC top brass. “Zuffas secondary organisations Champ is better than me,” straight out of the mouth of the most destructive MW Champ their elite organisation has ever had.

Whats next? Forrest saying Steve Cantwell is the true contender for his belt?

is he gonna call sonnen the best fighter in the world when he smashes filho to pieces.

the paulo filho I saw fighting in japan would take anderson down and beat him up no doubt.. but that wasn’t the one fighting sonnen.

Silva v Filho in the spring of 09

lets fuc*king hav it!

He meant, “…not fighting in the UFC.” I hope. I’d like to see Filho vs. Hendo and Franklin vs. Marquardt and then the two winners fight each other to prove who the best Middleweight really is… not named Anderson Silva.

Don’t understand some guys?
What’s the problem with rolling (competing) with your friends at any sport, whether it’s fighting or tiddlywinks?
Something more to Silva’s position than it appears.
Could be just trying to muscle more dough out the UFC.

I 100% agree. When paulo Fihlo is in top shape, mentally and physically, he is without a doubt the best!! I also thing Thiago Silva is currently the best light heavyweight out there as well and machida is lucky that he is injured. But, as good as Silva is , Fihlo is a freaking animal. Watch his match against Yuki Kondo.. OHHHH THE PAIN!!

i thougth they were givin Pilhares props saying he submits Big Nog and filho on the regular.. His ground game is 2nd to none… can someone confirm who is nicer with the bjj?? filho, nog , or rousimar’?

I 100% dont agree sorry dog Anderson silva will kill fihlo even if fihlo kicked that shit that he does…Train for 5 years for the fight with silva hes not going to beat Silva….Chael kicked his ass then left his arm out Silva would not do that and if he does he would get out ..Paulo is good Silva is on pedastoole For kicking every ones ass on and end the fight

It’s just a matter of friendship. Some guys can step into the cage with their friends and others can’t. Anderson probably said that he Filho was a better fighter just so it was understood that it wasn’t a matter of not giving Filho a shot.

sounds like love to me. I bet that “training” gets a little “touchy feely” at times.

When training partners don’t want to fight each other, I don’t think it’s b/c they don’t want to hurt each other. It’s probably b/c neither fighter wants the other to move down the ladder if they lose. A perfect example is Fitch and Kos. If they fought, the lose would have to go to the back of the line of contenders, and neither of them want that. But by avoiding each other, Fitch has already had a title shot, and Kos was a GSP win away from probably becoming WW champ (as he would have decisioned Serra IMO).

Anderson would murder Filho.

Filho is way overhyped.

Please! Filho is a drug addict bum! Anderson won’t have to fight him because there will be 10 other people in the UFC that will beat him first.

Ahhhh. Isn’t he sweet? Who is in the world would believe that pile of s**t? A for effort though Anderson.

I looked at the photo for this article with a quick glance and thought, “wow, Silva sure has some huge white arms!”

well if thats the case, can we at least get some footage of sparring practice? … without pads, going @ 100% :)

The best thing to hope for is that Filho gets pounded into the ground by Sonnen. That way no one will be interested in the Anderson v Paulo matchup.

Matt Lindland vs Paulo Filho…..I think this would be a very great fight. I would take Lindland.

Me to, and I would love to see him do it. When it comes to what Anderson said it was a very nice thing to say I doubt it’s true but it was a very nice thing to say.

ha ha ha! yea right..
filho would lose to most of the top ten UFC 185-ers

Filho doesn’t like to make weight at 185, yet at his height, he should be at 170. I think he gets tooled in the UFC at 185. He would never have a matchup with the Spider anyway.

I was so looking forward the rematch this Wed, but not to be. I hope Sonnen keeps it standing this time and picks Filho apart again. If it goes to the ground, Sonnen should just stand up.

Silva is just saying this like he what he said about Franklin being his toughest opponent… no truth to it… all respect and friendship.

I hope Silva is just being a business man. Get people talking about the potenial and then make the fight happen for big money. I bet he would fight Machida also.

What’s with the not fighting with friends crap. Doesn’t he know it’s also business. Could you imagin a basketball player saying, “I’m not going to guard him cuz we’re friends”. Just kind of immature. Why can’t he fight Filho and still be friends after? You can still respect each other and fight. And why does management have to give them a choice whether they want to fight or not. In most other jobs, if the boss told you to do something (reasonably related to your work) wouldn’t you do it?
Silva is a nice guy but this gets a little annoying.

silva , is a shill , and a very cocky fighter , always has been , he “can be” if he wants i realize , but one day and i belive soon COTE will catch him just watch , cote is alot different that he use to be sop