Gesias Cavalcante

After his losses in Dream's lightweight GP, Gesias Cavalcante is back on training in American Top Team after a knee surgery. In an exclusive interview for TATAME, Gesias spoke the preparation for back on fighting, the recovering from the knee injury, his plans for the next year and commented Thiago Silva and Antônio "Bigfoot"'s problems. Check below the complete interview with the two times Hero's champion, Gesias Cavalcante.

Will you fight again this year?

Probably by the end of this year. The way things are going, I might be back by new years eve.

Do you know who’ll be your opponent?

I have no idea. They don’t tell me two weeks before, why will they tell three months?

How is your knee?

Everything is fine now, thanks God. I went to the doctor today and he told me is fine… He’ll prepare an kneepad for my knee so that I can come back to training.

What are your plans for 2009? Will you continue in Japan or go to USA? Did UFC talk to you?

I’ll stay in Japan. I have two more fights to do and let’s see how it’s going to be. UFC doesn’t go after you, they want you to knock on theirs door and ask for a chance…

What did you think about Bigfoot Silva’s problem with the drug test?

Bigfoot’s doping is something like, if I could, I’d bet my life believing on him. If he could put his life in danger taking some drugs he’d risk my life too… He would become a homicide and a suicide. Antônio is doing the right thing, he’s with an excellent lawyer and trying to prove his innocence. Athletic Comission thinks that is more powerful than anything… I had some problems with them too in the past, when I fought at K-1 Dynamite USA and they charged me for not making weight for the fight, but they had some problems with the scale and everybody had problems. After that they knew that they were wrong, but they did nothing to show it to media and clean my image. If a weight can do this, imagine something like doping…

How is Thiago Silva after the injury?

His situation is more simple. He’s with a vertebra injury and a muscle contraction… He can’t train normally for a fight that can put him for the belt. People have to understand that a fighter are normal human beings and injury is the most normal thing in this sport. The level today is so high that you can’t fight without being 100%... Thiago is an excellent fighter and knows what he wants, and it’s not an incident like this that will chance his focus. Now is moving forward and faith in God!