Quote of the Day: Wanderlei Silva on the Roar of the Crowd

by Kid Nate on Mar 20, 2009 9:46 AM EDT in MMA News

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...I love the crowd, and every time I go into the Octagon, like the last time, I fight Rampage - he's like a legend here. He's a great fighter, he's an American, and the crowd have more for me. It's a lot of emotion. It's priceless. Every fight I'm gonna fight is sold out one month or two months before. My fans know I give my best every time. My fans stay with me every time, and every time, I'm going to give my best.

I think this is one reason for I lose my last fight, because... it's a very nervous fight, because I don't touch him, he don't touch me. He give me one jab, I give him one kick, and it's very nervous. My corner talked to me, it's one minute to finish the round; I'm thinking, three minutes, we no have action, we don't have nothing. And the public is starting to boo. The guy not going to come in - I come in. I open my guard, and he got me.

Wanderlei Silva talking to MMA Weekly about his loss to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

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Rampage and wanderlei in the octogon, you don’t fucking boo.

by spectaa on Mar 20, 2009 10:20 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs

REC'D.

by steak_knife on Mar 20, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Another reason why I love to watch this guy – he comes out 100% every effing time.

I can understand why he felt the way he did, being that the Japanese are a whole different audience.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Mar 20, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions

he needs to just not let the audience get to him. I want to see another fight between them tbh.

by adamdd on Mar 20, 2009 11:38 AM EDT reply actions

was it just me...

Or did Wandy sound like Borat. “I run around Rampage screaming you will never get this, you will never get this la la.”
“Then one day, Rampage, he get this.”

Wandy’s a great fighter, no need to make excuses for getting caught. It wasn’t his first rodeo, as they say.

by missmanners on Mar 20, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

He isn’t making excuses. When people boo and you are an entertainer it makes you take some risks, sometimes it’s more motivation, sometimes it makes you reckless. When you get caught that’s all on you. He never said it was anyone else fault, he said that’s how he is.

by spectaa on Mar 20, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions

noted

however, this is not just for entertainment, but a competitive enterprise. The best athletes should not let a crowd move or affect their gameplan to the point of costing them the fight. MMA fighters are athletes and competitors first, the entertainment is a byproduct of competition, not the other way around.

Still, you make a fair point

by missmanners on Mar 20, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think Wandy was making excuses just describing his experience in the octagon. I believe it is still somewhat new to him to have a crowd that is so energetic – remember he wasn’t getting that in Japan.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Mar 20, 2009 11:52 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah they don’t boo like you are waisting their time, that sure is something they weren’t getting in japan.

by spectaa on Mar 20, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Wand is an exciting fighter to watch. I used to hate him…. (and had a good laugh when Belfort rattled about a thousand punches off Wands head in 20 seconds), but now I like him!

Kinda interesting to see someone with his vast experiences get nervous…. guess it happens to all of us!

In Japan – the crouds sit very quiet (a sign of their conservative respect and manners) but inside those fans must be erupting…. here in the West – we just let it all out!

by sinister1 on Mar 20, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions