Machida and Silva interview themselves
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:34 pm
wo 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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“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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