Anderson Silva Dominates UFC 97 Public Workout

by Cannon Jacques on Apr 15, 2009 9:02 PM EDT in MMA News

Steve Cofield was present at today's workout in Montreal, and noted the dozen or so members of Anderson Silva's entourage (including Andre Galvao and Rafael Cavalcante). The middleweight champion's workout lasted a lengthy 90 minutes, and threw a wrench in the plans of other notable fighters scheduled to workout, including Chuck Liddell and Shogun Rua.

Although viewed by those who follow MMA closely as one of the best fighters in the world, Silva has yet to achieve acclaim as a top pay-per-view draw. It would seem that this public workout is, at least partially, a ploy to raise his public persona. In my opinion, he deserves any additional popular success that he achieves going forward.

Silva, with the help of his translator, talked to Cofield and other members of the media about Thales Leites, a potential fight with Georges St. Pierre, boxing, retirement and more:

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Anderson is a comical dude. It’s always nice to see that a fighter can have fun when he’s not kicking ass.

by Damon O. on Apr 15, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions

is he the one holding the hand of the dude with the mic?

by DrTopo on Apr 15, 2009 11:03 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, it looks like it. lol

Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.

by dnevil001 on Apr 16, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Pretty funny stuff from Silva. I think he’s holding a mic and the reporter hand at the end of the video.
The translation of the first 2 questions is not completely correct.

by Viriato on Apr 16, 2009 7:00 AM EDT reply actions

I just wish that Silva would take some of that money

& at least attempt to learn some English. You would think that his mgmt team would be telling him the sponsorship & PPV money he is missing out on by not being able to connect better with a larger American audience.

Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.

by dnevil001 on Apr 16, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions