Behring praises: “Anderson was perfect”

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

 

Responsible for Anderson Silva  s Jiu-Jitsu trainings trainings, Sylvio Behring celebrated another victory of the champion in UFC, the ninth consecutive. The party would be perfect, if it weren’t for the criticism that Anderson has received after the fight. In defense of the champion, Sylvio sent an email to TATAME.com, exalting one more victory and the absolute record of consecutive victories in the Ultimate. Check the e-mail below:

 

"The controversy created each one of Anderson’s fight and his statements show that most people involved in MMA, being fans, athletes, fighters, coaches, organizers and the press still need more time to understand the subject. It isn’t just punches, takedowns falls and submissions... This sport has much more than that, and guys like Anderson and Lyoto are misunderstood. Anderson was perfect, one more time! Showed total superiority over a very tough opponent (or he wouldn’t be there!) in all aspects, especially mentally”.

 

"Put Thales in that lost defensive and without prospect of reversing the situation, maintain this control and then win the ninth consecutive victory... Doing everything that has been trained, with no mistakes! The guy is on another level. It wasn’t Thales time and it’s hard to say who is ready for all this pressure. Anderson’s only mistake is to be authentic, be honest. The people want to play video game with the idol... He’s a person! He doesn’t want to please nobody, he respect who deserves his respect and speak what he thinks. I'm not here to defend anyone or speak for anyone, I speak for myself and I feel privileged to participate in the preparation of this fight artist”.

 

"Being able to see him train hard, suffering injures, be submitted, feel pain, get tired, take lots of hits and also give several shows of technique, creativity and speed is priceless. Not only him, but (Rafael) Feijão, (Ronaldo) Jacaré, André Galvão, Maldonado, Thiago Jambo... I'm talking about people, warriors, partners... None of us, Anderson’s coaches (Rogerão, Distak, Daniel and Cezário) were expecting a show of the Spider. We trained to make him ready to defend his belt, preserve him to get out of the octagon well. He made his homework and took A+”.

 

"Doing more than you need is risk, that has to happen naturally, when one doesn’t want... It was tough for Thales... But that doesn’t take his merits and the experience of this dispute will serve as learning and stimulus for many future victories. Thales, congratulations! Man, you had a chance and now you know what you need to get there again and win this belt! Get your head up and face the goal to get there, you can do it! On this other side, we’ll continue training harder every day to extend Anderson’s limits, because the challenges will continue happening until appear someone prepared to overcome him. Meanwhile…".