(Fighting me) with one hand (laughs)? We are professionals. It?s a great irresponsibility not to be careful on training, a great disrespect towards the fans. I?m really sad. I?m ready to knock you out, you have nowhere to run. This fight is happening. I guess you got scared of me. Nobody trains so hard that breaks his hand. We use the best equipments, gloves, bandages.More from Silva's Twitter rant, along with Joana's response, are after the jump.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort?s Wife Trade Words Amidst ?The Phenom?s? Withdrawal From UFC 147
(She makes an arousing compelling argument.)�
It has not been a good year for heated rematches set against the backdrop of MMA-themed reality shows. Not only were our hopes of Faber/Cruz III dashed before our very eyes on the tail end of what has been a forgettable season of�TUF 15�here in America, but even the coaches of TUF: Brazil (or at least one-half of them) have been bitten by the injury bug, delaying a rematch that not only promised guaranteed fireworks, but one that has eluded us for what seems like a decade now.
And apparently Wanderlei Silva, a.k.a the TUF: Brazil coach who wasn't forced out of his expected matchup at UFC 147, shares our frustration. Ever since Vitor Belfort was forced to withdraw from his much-anticipated rematch with "The Axe Murderer" due to a broken hand, Silva has seemingly exploded with rage at Belfort's...I don't know, clumsiness? Insolence? We're not really sure how you criticize someone for getting injured, unless that someone is Ken Shamrock, of course, but Wandy was relentless in his mockery of Belfort, calling him an "amateur" among other things in a recent Twitter tirade:
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