By Guilherme Cruz
Photos Josh Hedges
Two of the best light-heavyweight at UFC, Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva has a lot in common. Besides being born in the same country, both has the same number of fights in MMA career (13) and never lost, and the fight at UFC will make one lose for the first time. TATAME.com invited both to set a different challenge, interviewing themselves face-to-face about their fight at UFC 94 and the training. As a reporter, Machida asked Silva if he considers him a difficult fighter, and Thiago was very sincere in his answer.
“You have your merits, if you were a bad athlete you wouldn’t be where you are. You’re a top level opponent… I wouldn’t say difficult, but a top level one. It’ll be a fight of unbeatable”, said the American Top Team athlete, who asked the karate fighter to predict the fight. “I think the fight will be the synthesis of the modern MMA, will have everything: takedowns, striking and I think we’ll do everything that exists in MMA, and the fight might be a stand up one. I consider you a tough guy, but I think my technique is superior”, analyzes Lyoto, who asked Silva to say what he thinks about fight another Brazilian athlete in UFC.
“I don’t like, I didn’t wanted to face people from my country, and you’re a cool guy, but I’m here to work and you want the same thing as I do”, said Thiago, who asked Machida back the same question: “Today we fight in the same event, but we’re Brazilian and we both fight for our own flags. I think this fight will have the biggest public, people will want to see an unbeatable Brazilian clash and see who’s gonna be the best that night”, affirmed Machida.
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nopain
05/31/2009 07:47 PM |
nopain
well if show guns get his shot !at lyoto thiago silva should get a remacth our the winner after 08-29-09 its agood fight with how every give the no pain no gain thiago silva a remacth thats what we want payback time!
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nopain
05/24/2009 10:05 PM |
nopain
well i have one thing to say thiago silva want his remacth after 8-29-09 !it will be a differnt fight this time he will win its pay back time nopain no gain we will see him again !that belt belongs to him we r coming to take it !
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jack dassy
05/18/2009 12:29 AM |
Cosmo Alexandre
I\'m a big Cosmo Alexandre fan. Cosmo is a monster in Muay Thai. Someone should convince him to train in MMA, and be the next Anderson Silva!
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nopain
05/12/2009 04:01 PM |
nopain
i like anderson silva he will win!but the otheir two pitbull he have to want it more the gps no for the money its man to man if he want this the time ground game has to get better gps right is on top of his game that man is still want so iaming pulling for gps! lyoto machida this fight will be a chess macth nobody can make mistake u cant run when ur fighting not this time !i want lyoto machida to win !so thiago no pain no gaine silva get the remacth its payback time nopain
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nopain
05/10/2009 12:16 PM |
nopain
thiago silva will be ready in 08-29-09 110% percent better then before the nopain no gaine thiago silva its payback time !
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