Silva say he was only at “85%” for Weidman fight…
source | sportv.globo.com
In an interview at the Copacabana Palace on Sunday revealed that Anderson Silva faced Chris Weidman at UFC 162 with a rib injury. According to former middleweight champion of the Ultimate, the problem was similar to what he had before the first fight against Chael Sonnen (cleft rib) at UFC 117, and that hurt to the point of being dominated in the initial four rounds, achieving completion in the last period of struggle. About a month before the first duel between Anderson and Weidman, in July this year, the channel’s website “Sports Interactive” reported the Brazilian’s injury, a fact vehemently denied by his team. This time, however, Spider been decided to take:
– It was good to talk about it, because I was really hurt. So far no one had touched on this subject, but this is no excuse for my performance. Was slightly below the rib that I had fractured before the first fight against Sonnen. And that’s it. I was 85% of my physical condition – said the former champion.