Wanderlei Silva was knocked unconscious in a chaotic post-fight scene in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this previous weekend, and the regrettable incident has resulted in loads of finger-pointing.
UFC legends Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo gave their tackle the KO on their Pound-4-Pound podcast, and so they argue that one one who deserves a ton of blame for what occurred is Silva himself. Silva was disqualified after committing a number of fouls to his opponent, Brazilian boxing trailblazer Acelino Freitas, and was later neglected chilly on the canvas through a punch from Freitas’s son, Rafael.
“If you foul the person repeatedly, repeatedly, at that time you’re probably not in right here to battle,” Usman stated. “You’re not in right here to battle a good battle. You’re going and throwing strikes and issues that aren’t inside the confines of the principles, after all, my crew’s going to attempt to defend me.
“If you create a scenario like that, which I do imagine that he created, and I like Wanderlei Silva, however he created that scenario. A part of what we do as skilled fighters is we have now to learn to management that aggression and let it out when it’s crucial, whether or not it’s outdoors the ring or contained in the ring, it’s a must to learn to management that. And in case you can’t management your self to the place you proceed to throw headbutts, and such as you talked about, there was a knee in there in some unspecified time in the future, sure, you then’ve bought to be ready for the repercussions that’s going to happen. And also you noticed what befell.”
“One, he headbutts him, he does it on function,” Cejudo added. “There’s a knee concerned in it, too. A headbutt, competitors’s out the window since you may slice someone. You might damage someone. To him, ultimately getting disqualified, after which that is what I’ll say, when everyone’s preventing and everyone’s throwing punches, every thing goes. I get it, if that was my dad or my son ready like that, gloves are off. When you’re not my blood and also you’re round me, I’m going to do no matter it takes. To battle, generally it’s unlucky the legend must be on the shit finish of the stick, however he began preventing. He ought to have simply backed away, perhaps went to the nook and all of them, however he ought to have simply allowed his crew to battle if that was the case.”
Few would argue that Silva broke the principles (a number of instances) throughout his battle with Freitas, which totally justified the disqualification, however the post-fight retribution nonetheless left followers and execs shocked. Cejudo and Usman agree “The Axe Assassin” put himself in danger when he selected to bodily interact with the individuals within the ring.
“I don’t assume additionally that they need to maintain their head down,” Cejudo stated. “It’s not a sucker punch. That’s my dad. Everyone’s swinging within the ring.”
“You had been nonetheless concerned within the brawl,” Usman stated. “You had been swinging at civilians that had been in there that weren’t in there to battle you.”
Greater than something, Usman is worried about what this implies for Silva’s future. Few had been clamoring for Silva to proceed preventing as he approaches his fiftieth birthday subsequent July, and the grisly scene in Sao Paulo solely renewed requires Silva to step away from fight sports activities competitors for good.
“Wanderlei was out chilly,” Usman stated. “That is what frightened me, the way in which his head hit the canvas as properly. I imply, for those who you’re already coping with some sort of head traumas over time and mind accidents, to take a shot like this, I believe it’s—I don’t need to say this for the person, however so far as persevering with the preventing profession, it’s a troublesome one. You’ve bought to query the preventing profession after this.”
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Clearly, Usman and Cejudo have some extent, however they shouldn’t say it! – Lee
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