![]() “There are several Brazilians on winning streaks that never had a chance in the rankings. “You can hit an old man in the streets, you can hit someone that refused to try your whisky, you can do whatever you want. “If you’re American or English, a blond white man, you can do whatever you want,” Silva said. Silva can’t wrap his head around the logic behind how fans decide to push certain fighters over others, but he thinks it could be viewed as racism and xenophobia. It’s kinda hard to earn the respect and recognition now.” I fight for myself and for my beliefs now. I wish we could go back to the PRIDE days where people looked up to the fighters, but it’s quite complicated nowadays. “I’m training, I’m focused, and I cause no trouble in the streets like some little popular fighters do, so I don’t know what to think. There’s someone there that lost to me already and no one says anything. “Fighting someone in the top-5 would be nice. “I couldn’t care less about the ranking, because if being 5-0 means nothing, why the hell am I fighting? It’s only for the money,” Silva said. Since then, he’s scored back-to-back finishes over Danny Roberts and Cole Williams. Silva started his UFC run in 2014 with decision victories over Brad Scott and Leon Edwards, but he didn’t re-enter the cage until May 2018 when submitted Nordine Taleb. I’m mad at the Brazilian media and the UFC media because they only pay attention to those alcoholic clowns who beat up old people in the streets.” “You come back after four years and beat everyone, but they only give attention to idiots and clowns. “I think my biggest goal is to end this f*cking politics that only gives attention to clowns, those who do sh*t in the streets, and give me someone in the top-10 already,” a fired-up Silva said in an interview with MMA Fighting. ![]()
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