Anderson Silva se trebao suočiti sa Kelvin Gastelumom na UFC212 ovog leta, međutim Kelvin je pao na doping testu i sada se traži novi protivnik legendarnom “Spideru”. 

Kružile su glasine da se Vitor Belfort ili Luke Rockhold treba boriti sa njim 3. juna u Rio De Janieru, međutim Silva je izjavio da to nije istina već da on želi da se bori sa Nick Diazom ili Yoelom Romerom, izjavio je za “MMAJunkie”:

“I’m coming off a win. I hadn’t won a fight in a long time, so there’s not really a point in fighting either one of those because they’re coming off a loss. It doesn’t make sense. It’s not going to take me any further, so it makes no sense.

I’m ready to fight whoever the UFC puts in front of me – whoever it may be. I hope the UFC puts an athlete coming off a win that’s going to bring something to my legacy, otherwise it makes no sense.

It’s a fight that would be interesting. It would be a huge challenge, especially because Romero was going to fight for the belt. It would be a great challenge. He’s an athlete that has all the qualities to fight for the belt. So let’s wait. We’ll have to wait for the UFC and see what happens.

It’s possible that it could happen, the fight against Nick. I respect him a lot. I think he’s an excellent fighter. It’s a fight that would be interesting, a fight that would be pretty cool to watch, and it actually makes sense. It was a no contest, so let’s see. Anything can happen.”

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