Anderson Silva: 'Vitor Belfort was never my friend'
by Eduardo Cruz on Mar 8, 2010 4:26 PM EST
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“First thing, he (Belfort) was never my friend. Second, a fight is fight. I’m here to fight and whoever is better prepared will win and one of us will lose. I’d be upset if I had to face Rodrigo, Rogerio, Feijao, Lyoto or even Wanderlei or Shogun, but Vitor? He’s just another opponent like everyone else."
Taken from an article that wasn’t published due to the cancellation of their UFC 112 fight in Abu Dhabi, Anderson Silva reveals that he and Victor Belfort were never "friends" despite training together at Team Black House. Things became tense after the UFC put them face-to-face back in January to promote the April 10 event but now with "The Phenom" on the shelf due to injury they won't have an opportunity to settle their differences inside the Octagon ... yet.
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I don't think Andy sounds Mad
I think he was just basically saying it’s all business but he would have had a more difficult time acception a fight with other countrymen he is has a better relationship.
I have no clue about the days they were both at Black House. Maybe Soares knows.
I want Ricardo Arona to sign with the UFC and his first fight should be James Toney. This is a win win scenario for MMA
excuse the typos* Juggling again - you guys know what im saying
I want Ricardo Arona to sign with the UFC and his first fight should be James Toney. This is a win win scenario for MMA
Anderson became a true brother of Nogueira’s, what is easily understandable for their support for Spider after the guy departures from Chute Boxe. Anderson used to say he would never fight Paulo Filho when the Bullet was among the top middleweights in the world, Machida the same, Silva says he wondn’t face him, so what’s the problem with Vitor Belfort?
"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"
So.....
Now he is saying he would fight Machida but just wouldn’t be happy about it?
by Edgecrusher71 on Mar 8, 2010 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
my thoughts exactly edge....
also love this pic looks cool as fcuk! 2 badasses!
"This is no haul for Jón Páll" - Jón Páll Sigmarsson (R.I.P.)
by Randy for Couture on Mar 8, 2010 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
Damn, the list keeps growing!
Now I have to add Shogun, Wandy, and Feijao to the already absurdly long list of guys Anderson won’t fight!!! I used to love this guy but “The Slider” is really startting to piss me off with his ducking diva bullshit.
that is a pic of Silva and Filho right?
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
100% that is Paulo
I want Ricardo Arona to sign with the UFC and his first fight should be James Toney. This is a win win scenario for MMA
Lol I was about to call out Zino on that one
Paulo must love Vitor’s hats haha. Can’t believe Mac and Zino couldn’t tell that was Vitor, shame on you.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
it was a different pic before
Fedor played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
AMERICA.....FUCK YEAH
David..you can't believe it cause its not true...they changed the pic
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
Yeah, I made it wrong, sorry, but won't change ahahah I really thoght that was our friend Belfort.
Didn’t have the time to hunt for those pictures in Abu Dhabi.
"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"
its still a funny pic
it looks like Filho is blowing his stack and Andy is calming him down.
Which is prolly true to life.
I want Ricardo Arona to sign with the UFC and his first fight should be James Toney. This is a win win scenario for MMA
Andy's saying "don't try to take me down or I'll cover your face with my knees"
"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"
Well, now we hear him saying it’s all business but if we go back some months ago, we’ll find Anderson saying that, that wasn’t fair from Vitor accept that fight. For one reason Anderson got fucked with that fight.
"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"
Shogun too?
I think wandy or Shogun would face Anderson if they had the chance but only time will tell Anderson needs to fight for the LHW belt in the future besides Belfort and maybe Sonnen he has nothing else to prove at MW.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
For REAL
Dana’s gonna have to put this guy in solitary confinement before he makes any more “friends”. Seems like all it takes is for a top contender to shake his hand and that’s one more matchup off the table for Zuffa. Dana needs to put his foot down and nip this shit in the bud.
This seems a little odd
Contradicting ideas of how good of friends they are, Vitor seems to think they are good friends, Silva not so much. Not really sure what to make of it really, but it wouldn’t be an issue if Vitor was saying the same things. I don’t know, maybe this goes back to a Brazilian rivalry we here in the states are not aware of? Can anyone on this site from Brazil tell us who the more popular fighter in their home country is? Or if there is a regional or camp rivalry that goes back…..Or if there is nothing to this at all and we are making to much of it. I would like to hear from our Brazilian friends on this one.
Both are popular, domino effect. Spider has his own team, X-Gym, where he trains with Rafael Feijao (sparring) and Rogerao (conditioning coach) among other athletes. The Spider also supports Nogueiras brother when their schedule fits. I don’t think there’s another person besides Anderson to explain their rivalry.
"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"
Vitor can be friends with guys he fights
He has no problem with that. But for Silva, the fact that Vitor would fight him is a betrayal. “Yeah, me and Vitor go waaay back….what?…what’d he say?…..the bitch wants my belt!?!…he said he’d fight me for it!?!…Oh HELL no!…We were never friends!…I didn’t even know that was his sister when I married her!”
It’s wierd. If Anderson Silva had his way, like Shogun, they both mentioned that they would prefer to NOT to face fellow Brazilians. Silva seems to be really emotional when it comes to fighting his countrymen. Shogun publicly stated that Wanderlei is the only fighter he refuses to face in a match. We already know Anderson Silva has a long laundry list of fighters he doesn’t care to face.
Note, this unpublished statement is pretty consistent with what he has said in the past about his relationship with Belfort. Not really a big deal. On another note, Vitor has said on two occasions that he likes Silva and considers him a friend. It’s just a fight.
"There's nothing cool about taking punishment" - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
who the hell did Silva fight before he left Brazil?
did they have to import opponents just for him? That’s just assinine. Can you imagine if the Americans refused to fight other Americans? Brazil is an MMA superpower, one of the Big 3. Its absurd for a fighter from any of those countries to think he can avoid fighting countrymen.
interested in hearing who the third big 3 MMA power is
canada
UK
Russia
Netherlands
Antarctica
Fedor played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
AMERICA.....FUCK YEAH
Japan
I’m talking of numbers of great fighters and homes of great organizations. Japan hasn’t had a lot of TOP-3 guys, but they’re a major world center for MMA and account for a huge percentage of Mid-level fighters.
I’d probably round out the Top 5 with Dutch and Canadians, but they don’t come close to producing the number of fighters or the big platforms that US, Brazil, and Japan do.
I wonder what Filho is saying to Andy there.....hmmmmm
maybe
“It was weird mang, I was the only one who could see them! Nobody believes me!”
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
They changed the original pic that was there when the previous posts were posted.
"Champions are not made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision." -Muhammad Ali
thx pal...and they ruined a perfectly good joke in doing so
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
Made me laugh though
The fact that Vitor was wearing clothes with his name all over them made the Filho comments from the old pic even funnier.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
give us some credit...jeez
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
This post depresses me...
I really wanted to see them fight. It would have been a stand up classic. Vitor was reaching the peak of his career before the injury (even though its claimed he fought with the injury past 2 fights). I think it may happen if Anderson defeats Maia and Sonnen which he should
I'm still depressed that this fight isn't happening
Vitor should never have taken the fight in the first place if his shoulder wasn’t right.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
I am sick & damned tired
of this i wont fight my freind crap do they really ecspect me 2 beleave that if it was 4 a title they would not fight.
by titonash23 on Mar 8, 2010 5:43 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
This is the story
With all fighters… we heard this same story with Lidell and Ortiz, one claiming the other is a friend. Personally this doesnt even matter and is a true waste of time to post it. Who cares
boxers fight each other even if they are close
i think the hours of nut grinding that mma fighters do changes their orientation on fighting their friends.
by Conan the Barbarian on Mar 8, 2010 9:32 PM EST reply actions
LOl
Very True… guys in boxing travel and Spar all the time and end up fighting the guys they spar. MMa is too team oriented for my taste
by The real ZACK on Mar 9, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
I doubt this fight will ever happen...
History has shown that Vitor is weird. He’ll probably come back from injury and fight a non-title fight, end up losing, make excuses, and then fade away again for a while. I think the only reason they gave him a shot in the first place was because of a lack of contenders. All he’s done lately is KO a past his prime Franklin, and a one dimensional Lindland. The UFC knew Hendo was leaving due to contract disputes, and (as much as it pains me to say it) Maia got his ass handed to him by Nate. So they’ve got Nate all set to go and tear up Sonnen while Silva is on the shelf, but then he gets destroyed by a superior wrestler. As much as I’d hate to see it, I think Maia gets KO’d quickly by Ando. I’m rooting for Maia, but I think he’ll get KO’d while going for the TD. His TD game is suspect, aside from pulling guard, but I don’t think he wants to do that against Ando. I pray that fight isn’t another Silva vs. Leites. I hope to see Shogun beat Lyoto (he got robbed the first time), and then Anderson more up to fight Shogun in one of the greatest fights ever made.
Andy is coming off like a dick in saying this.
"When I was close to defeat I rose to my feet" - Dr. Dre
i for one want to see anderson " the diva " silva get ktfo'd.
i’m tired off his arrogant azz.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 8, 2010 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
Damn Andy can't win with you lot
Either he’s a fight ducker because he won’t fight those guys that he’s loyal to, including the twins that saved his career and his best friend in the sport, all of whom aren’t in his weight class anyway, yet now that he’s focused on fighting Vitor who was talking a bit of shit saying that Andy was scared only to pull out with an injury that he knew that he had before he took the fight he’s a dick. What do you want him to do?
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
Haters gonna hate...
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
Classical
When Anderson stops fighting haters will miss him.
"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"
by Eduardo Cruz on Mar 9, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
when did Vitor talk shit?
I can’t remember the last time I heard Vitor say anything disrespectful about anyone.
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