Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva entered the octagon of the UFC 99, on June 13, with the need of victory. But, for the third time in four fights that made in the Ultimate, the Brazilian left defeated. When many points the way to retirement as the solution, the Mad Dog chooses to return to practice what he knows best: fight, and give show. "I lost, raise my head and I go to the next. Nothing, and nobody, will make me quit. The secret of victory is you always try. I have a renewed spirit, feeling much appetite to continue fighting and I don’t think about retirement. Who wants to see Silva retired will have to wait", says the Brazilian.

For fans and commentators, what weighed more on Wanderlei’s performance was the physical part, today taken care by the preparer Rafael Alejarra, but Wand assumes the "guilt" in this question. "Rafael Alejarra did an excellent job, I was feeling very well on the day. One of the mistakes that I think I made for this fight was to train too much, because I was much appetite to win. In the last month I didn’t stop, I even trained hiding it of him, because he told me to rest, but I would train", recognizes the ex-champion of the Pride. "I was very anxious for this fight, I’ve got much prepared, trained too much".