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Anderson Silva assesses McGregor-UFC situation: I can see both sides
- Updated: May 4, 2016
Anderson Silva detested press conferences. The former UFC middleweight champion, who ruled as divisional king for seven years, tried to avoid the media as best he could in the lead up to a fight.
This resentment towards fight promotion is what enabled ‘The Spider’ to sympathize with Conor McGregor for being pulled from July’s UFC 200 pay-per-view.
“I understand, I’ve gone through this in the past many times,” Silva said recently to Fairfax media, per Liam Ducey of The Sydney Morning Herald. “As a fighter, we think our job is to go in there and fight … I know as a fighter how hard it is to leave your country in between camps to go on promotional tours.@
‘The Notorious’ was pulled from his welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz after it was revealed that he refused to attend a press conference in Las Vegas. …
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