By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

Away from the octagon since January 2 of 2010, Thiago Silva confirmed to TATAME his duel with Brandon Vera, which happens on the first day of 2011 (UFC 125). “The contract’s here, I’ll sign it tomorrow”, revealed the American Top Team fighter.

Despite not fighting for a long time and a loss on his last fight to Rashad Evans, Thiago believes that Vera’s two losses in a row, to Jon Jones and Randy Couture, may be a positive factor. “Everything depends on the athlete. To get there really hungry for the win sometimes is not a good thing, but everyone is different. I’ll be ready, for sure, and let’s see what happens”, Thiago said, analyzing the game plan of his opponent, who is a Muay Thai expert.

“I think it’s a good fight, the two of us like to bang and it seems it’ll be a great fight. I’m anxious for this fight, our games match. He won’t be like trying to grab me all the time, we’ll trade a lot of punches”, said, focused on his recovery. “There’s plenty time and I still have to fix my spine. I’m doing treatment for it. It’ll take a month so I can go back to the trainings, but now I just have to wait for me to fight again”, finished.