The last time Thiago Silva stepped inside the Octagon, he put on one-half fantastic fight and one-half impressive musical performance.
His opponent was Brandon Vera, the once champion apparent of two different weight classes, and the Brazilian utterly dominated him before embarrassing the light heavyweight by playing bongos on his back. The grotesquely twisted nose ?The Truth? sported post-fight didn?t do much to help Vera?s confidence either, I?m sure.
The loss was Vera?s third in a row and earned him his walking papers. The win was Silva?s first in a year after suffering a back injury which put him on the shelf since his UFC 108 loss to Rashad Evans. But one dirty urine sample later and the win for Silva and the loss for ?The Truth? turned into a No Contest for both.
Vera got his job back and the Brazilian was handed a one year suspension and a hefty fine for trying to sneak past a drug test. In a statement, he claimed full res...
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