Anderson talks about Griffin and Wand’s bet

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

 

After making history in UFC’s middleweight, defending his belt one more time and breaking the record of consecutive victories in the UFC, Anderson Silva is now getting ready for his next fight at the light heavyweight division. After debuting against James Irvin, winning by knockout in only 61 seconds, Anderson will have a hard challenge ahead, where he faces, in the UFC 101, the former champion Forrest Griffin.

 

"It's a tough fight, the light heavyweight category isn’t mine, I have to train. Griffin is a tough guy, he’ll go to striking, so I have to train", saidAnderson to TATAME.com, revealing that hasn’t pushed the training to the fight yet. "I’m calm, helping the guys in their training here. I didn’t start my hard training yet, I’m only doing the maintenance, my Boxing... There’s a Thailand teacher here. We’ll get back from (Rafael) Feijão’s fight and then I’ll get the heavier trainings for this fight", says Anderson, commenting the bet offered by Wanderlei Silva to his next fight against Rich Franklin, who spend a week training with Anderson.

 

"Man, no comments. Rich is a nice guy, I like him a lot, we have a nice friendship, although we have faced each other twice. Rich came here, made classes with us and we trained what we could, I don’t know if it will make some difference to this fight, but yes, he trained with us. Unfortunately, Wanderlei is Brazilian and will fight with him, but we aren’t cheering for anyone. I prefer to remain quiet with these comments, I don’t even have anything to say. Each one speaks what they wants, the time that wants", declared the champion.