Lorenzo Fertitta: “He held it for almost a decade and he wants it back.”

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“I was very excited to see what Anderson’s response was going to be,” began Fertitta. “We purposefully let Anderson go off after his injury. Because it was so significant an injury, we didn’t want to bother him too much. He needed time to recover and to heal.”

“He feels like the belt Chris Weidman has is his. He held it for almost a decade and he wants it back.”

“I would have to say I have never seen Anderson as motivated. He’s in a great mood, he was smiling through all the meetings, and he’s very, very excited for this fight on Jan 31st. We’re expecting to see the old Anderson Silva come back, and it’s going to be very, very exciting.”