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10th May 2006, 11:09 AM
Wanderlei Silva’s absence in the Grand Prix is one of the most important and noticeable for any fighter.
“I wanted to fight, by the size of the event and stuff like that, just to make money,” said the Chute Boxe star. “But [PRIDE] didn’t want me to pay what I asked for. They offered me another amount of money, and I didn’t take it. Actually, I’m stressed. I wanted to have some time to spend with my family, my wife and my son, to stay for a while with nothing to do.”
The middleweight champion said he doesn’t know what to expect from the show.
“Actually, the promoters have been setting some matches in order to make possible to some guys to get to the second phase.” Silva said. “I’m not seeing any classic on this first phase. When two real good fighters are ready to fight, like ‘Minotauro’ and ‘Cro Cop’ — up to this moment I haven’t seen any fight like those. I guess on the second phase things would get better once it’s a real tough tournament.”
In 2006, one of Silva’s plans is to defend his title, which could take place in the American edition of PRIDE, set for October in Las Vegas.
“I would really like to face Antonio Rogerio Nogueira ,” he said. “I think he must beat a top [fighter] to get his ‘credential.’ I feel it will be him, someone I really wanted to fight with, because he’s courageous, just like his brother. He holds the punches, gets into the game and I’m sure that I will do with him a very technical fight, with lots of punches on the face than the one I did with Arona. It will be a very exciting fight. He’s definitely someone on my level.”
“The Axe Murderer” also commented about the skirmish he had with Mark Coleman and his team at PRIDE 31.
“Actually, the problem with Coleman will be solved by Shogun himself,” promised Silva. “This fight will happen again and he’s gonna do what he was supposed to do on the first one for good, which didn’t happen the first time. No doubt Shogun still is one of the best fighters in the world.”
Source (http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=4476)
“I wanted to fight, by the size of the event and stuff like that, just to make money,” said the Chute Boxe star. “But [PRIDE] didn’t want me to pay what I asked for. They offered me another amount of money, and I didn’t take it. Actually, I’m stressed. I wanted to have some time to spend with my family, my wife and my son, to stay for a while with nothing to do.”
The middleweight champion said he doesn’t know what to expect from the show.
“Actually, the promoters have been setting some matches in order to make possible to some guys to get to the second phase.” Silva said. “I’m not seeing any classic on this first phase. When two real good fighters are ready to fight, like ‘Minotauro’ and ‘Cro Cop’ — up to this moment I haven’t seen any fight like those. I guess on the second phase things would get better once it’s a real tough tournament.”
In 2006, one of Silva’s plans is to defend his title, which could take place in the American edition of PRIDE, set for October in Las Vegas.
“I would really like to face Antonio Rogerio Nogueira ,” he said. “I think he must beat a top [fighter] to get his ‘credential.’ I feel it will be him, someone I really wanted to fight with, because he’s courageous, just like his brother. He holds the punches, gets into the game and I’m sure that I will do with him a very technical fight, with lots of punches on the face than the one I did with Arona. It will be a very exciting fight. He’s definitely someone on my level.”
“The Axe Murderer” also commented about the skirmish he had with Mark Coleman and his team at PRIDE 31.
“Actually, the problem with Coleman will be solved by Shogun himself,” promised Silva. “This fight will happen again and he’s gonna do what he was supposed to do on the first one for good, which didn’t happen the first time. No doubt Shogun still is one of the best fighters in the world.”
Source (http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=4476)