Anderson Silva: “The new Anderson is coming.”
source | MMAFighting/ THEMMAHOUR
Silva’s run as the middleweight champion lasted 2,458 days and ended at UFC 162, and he told Ariel Helwani during Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he will regain the title with a knockout.
“I (will) give back the knockout,” Silva told Helwani when asked how he believes he will defeat Weidman on Dec. 28. “I’m working hard now. Chris is the new champion and is a great fighter, but I’m training hard. The new Anderson is coming.”
“I (will) train more jiu-jitsu because Weidman come to fight me and (won’t) stand up together in this fight,” he said. “Go for the ground, go for the ground. I train more jiu-jitsu, and ninjitsu.”
He doesn’t feel he needs a devastating win to prove he’s the best middleweight in the planet, though.
“Come on, bro, definitely no,” Silva said. “I’m working hard for a long time. My big goal is train the kids, new athletes coming. I’m normal guy. Sometimes I have good day, sometimes I don’t have good day. People will have the new chance to see the real Anderson. It’s normal.”