Anderson Silva Not Sorry For UFC 97 Performance

While much is being made about the main event at UFC 97: Redemption and how poorly the fight ended up being, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was happy with his performance.

While Silva’s manager Ed Soares “translated” an apology by the champion during the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Anderson issued no such apology himself.

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“The Spider” damaged his reputation as a beloved, humble champion and became the recipient of ear-splitting boos.

Contrary to his manager Ed Soares’ translation after the fight, Silva did not apologize for his performance.

“I did well in the fight,” said Silva in Portuguese. “I can’t always make you happy.”

Silva continued his condemnation of Montreal’s vocal MMA fans.

“Not everyone understands what they are watching,” Silva said. “But hey, you guys can boo if you want. You are paying my salary.”

[Source: TheFightNetwork.com]

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Personally, I don’t have any problem with Anderson Silva’s performance. It became obviously very early on that Thales Leites had no intentions of standing and striking with Silva, a very smart, reasonable game plan for the challenger.

What also became apparent was Anderson Silva’s reluctance to fight Leites on the ground; also, a smart and reasonable gameplan.

For the first three rounds, Silva was the clear aggressor and tried to engage Leites on his feet. Halfway through the third round, Leites entered his “duck and drop” phase of the fight, and from there on out there wasn’t much the champion could do.

Yes, no doubt about it, the fight was boring.

Should Anderson Silva be the one shouldering all the blame for an unexciting fight? Absolutely not.