A. Silva (right) once again stated that he has no intention of fighting for the light heavyweight title against J. Jones (left). Photo: UFC/Disclosure
One day after declaring who didn't believe he could beat Jon Jones, Anderson Silva he explained his words and denied that he might be afraid of facing the light heavyweight champion. In an interview with the “UFC Tonight” program, on Tuesday night (2) in the USA, Spider sought to clarify his intention.
“My opinion is this: I will face Jon Jones, all the guys in my division, all the guys who work in the UFC – all the fighters. I respect all fighters. Respect Jon Jones. Respect Chris Weidman, but I'm here to work. I'm not afraid of Jon Jones. Chris Weidman or anyone's. I'm here to fight. And that. It’s simple,” the champion told Chael Sonnen e Kenny Florian, who conduct the attraction weekly.
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Even so, Anderson once again stated that his desire is not to go to another division and compete for the title. "I don't know. I have plans in my category. I don't have a big goal of changing categories. I have my belt in my category, I have my history in my category. That’s it”, concluded the Brazilian.
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Anderson Silva face Chris Weidman this Saturday (6), in Las Vegas (USA). The clash, which is the main fight of UFC 162, marks Spider's eleventh defense of the middleweight belt – an absolute record in the history of Ultimate.
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