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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Bill LeBlanc
11/24/2008 12:04 AM |
bill from Ludlow,Ma. UNited States
Paulo you have been going thru some very difficult times now for about a year ,a new year is coming and anyone who personally knows you and respects you knows you will turn it around and work out your troubles anyone who has never lived it can`t talk.God Bless you and your family
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vladimirbocaraton
11/05/2008 12:50 AM |
Paulo fiho Again...
and some people tell me this guy is better than Anderson Silva...ha can not ven make the weigth to his figth...to me he donlt take his profession serious or he does not have good people around him...sorry Filho just lost 25% of his purse must hurt....
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giuliano matinhos
11/01/2008 10:17 PM |
ta na hora ninja
esse e o momento e sabemos da tua capacidade ,sou mais vc,estou em londres treinando mas,em janeiro estarei na praia pra treinar forte contigo,are you ready?giuliano_brownbelt@hotmail.com
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STRIKE THE EAGLE
10/10/2008 02:00 PM |
SINCERELY ...
WHAT A SHAME GRANPA ...
KEPT RUNNING AROUND AND HIDING YOURSELF FROM FIGHTING THE REAL UFC CHAMP ...
ACCORDING TO CAPTAIN NASCIMENTO :
" NEVER WERE .... WILL NEVER BE ..."
EVEN MIR IS 100 TIMES BIGGER THAN GRANPA IN THE VALETUDO HISTORY ...
AT LEAST THE GUY DOES NOT RUN FROM NOBODY AND USES THE " TECHNIQUE "...
GO GRAB THE MIC ...
YOU'RE DONE GRANPA ... TS TS TS
WE LOVE THIS GAME ... LOL
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STRIKE THE EAGLE
10/08/2008 11:31 AM |
ALLRIGHT, NOW LET'S GET BACK TO WORK GIRLS ...
MINOTAURO WILL TERMINATE MIR IN THE END OF ROUND 1 ...
LATER THEN, WILL STUNISH GRANPA WITHA BRUTAL RIGHT HAND KNOCK OUT AT 0:04 OF FIRST ROUND TO CAPTURE HIS TITLE BELT BACK ...
HEY DENA, C'MON, STOP LENDING LYOTO'S BELT TO ALL THOSE WHITE BELTS ...
SINCERELY, THIS IS RIDICULOUS ...
WE LOVE THIS GAME ... TS TS TS
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