‘Bigfoot’ Silva “won’t blink” against Werdum

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Monty DiPietro

Three weeks before the fight, Antônio “Bigfoot” Silva is ready to get in Strikforce’s octagon for the first time and face Fabricio Werdum, on November 7. Doing one of the fights that will air live on CBS, the American Top Team heavyweight is excited to be back on North-American events after 16 months of suspension.

“I’m extremely happy, very happy to be back to United States after a year and four months. Everybody asked me when I would be back, and now I have the opportunity to face a great fighter”, Silva said, praising the opponent. “Werdum is an experienced guy, he passed thru big events and faced great guys… The expectation is the best as possible”.

With six victories in a row, “Bigfoot” promises a great show to the fans. “It’s gonna be a beautiful fight. Americans likes to see two Brazilians facing each other. If we have to fight standing, we’ll do it, if we have to fight three rounds on the ground, we’ll go for it. The first to blink, will lose… You can’t blink”, said Silva. With Parrumpinha and Ricardo Libório leading the Jiu-Jitsu’s training at ATT, the heavyweight says he isn’t afraid of Werdum’s ground game.

“Everybody knows Werdum, he’s two times ADCC champion and has a great ground, but I’m a Jiu-Jitsu’s black belt and my Jiu-Jitsu is focused to MMA. I have two great Jiu-Jitsu coaches, so I don’t have to worry about that”, guarantees the EliteXC champion, telling that the he’s ready for a war on striking too. “Each day I feel more comfortable standing… I trained with Ouali for a long time and now I’m with Katel Kubis, who everybody knows that is a great specialist”, finished.