I got an interview with Anderson Silva yesterday. He said he never intended to fight at 205 pounds and that he was doing it because of a personal request from Dana White. He said he plans to go back to 185 pounds after this fight against Irvin because the 205-pound division belongs to his teammate Lyoto Machida. He said he has 7 fights left on his contract with the UFC, then he plans to fight Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match.
Silva on the UFC going up against Affliction's PPV card on the same night:
“I don’t feel it’s competition. It’s just the globalization of MMA and the UFC is still the biggest one. It’s just drawing more attention to MMA. It’s up to them to put on a good show and it’s up to the UFC to live up to it’s name.
“It’s not necessarily Dana trying to put Affliction down. He is just doing his job as a businessman and a promoter. That’s what he has got to do to protect his company. The result is going to be what comes out of July 19. Affliction has got a great card, but I hope that UFC Fight Night 14 comes out great.”
Check out my entire interview with Silva here:
Silva up to the challenge - Keep Punching - OCRegister.com
