UFC FIGHTER ANDERSON Silva broke down in tears as he prepares to make his long-awaited return at UFC 234 in Australia.
Silva (34-8-0, 1 NC), one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in UFC history who held the middleweight title for seven years between 2006 and 2013, has not stepped foot in the octagon since his win over Derek Brunson at UFC 208 in 2017.
The 43-year-old Brazilian great will face Nigerian-New Zealander Israel Adesanya (15-0) in his comeback fight in Melbourne on Sunday and after making weight, Silva was overcome with emotion.
“Thank you guys. I worked my entire life for this sport,” Silva said on Saturday.
Legend @SpiderAnderson was emotional after weighing in at #UFC234 pic.twitter.com/8Upip5INB7
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) February 9, 2019
“I have tried to do my best and I need to say thank you to God for giving me one more shot, one more time.”
Undefeated opponent Adesanya, 29, was also trying to fight off tears heading into the Rod Laver Arena showdown.
“He’s going to make me cry,” Adesanya said. “F*** him. I’m a fan of this man, but just because I’m a fan, that doesn’t mean that he can can catch these hands and feet and elbows.
“Tomorrow we’re going to have some fun and I’ll send him off in a nice way.”
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For all the doom and gloom talked about Tottenham this season (no signings, stadium delays, Poch to United, out of both domestic cups), they continue to jog just behind the top 2, while keeping the top 4 dogfight just out of sight in the rearview mirror. One loss and they’ll be branded bottle jobs again, but with Wembley form picking up, and a tasty tie against Dortmund coming up, I can’t help but be happy.
Hanging on in there. Not at their best but picking up another win. COYS
Spurs are the type of football club that would give ya the horn.
@limofax: just like your ma, good stuff.
COYS
I can’t suffer Michael Oliver either.
He was the last one picked in school who:
1) you stuck in nets cos he’s brutal at football
2) you then told him to keep time cos he was crap in goal
3) eventually made him referee cos he was brutal at everything else, then became a brutal ref
Leicester should have been out of sight but Spurs more clinical with the chances they had