Vi tackar Anderson Silva för intervjun
I vår ambition att börja intervjua och skriva om profiler (både kända och inte så kända) kickade vi gång det sistnämnda med fightern Christopher Spång.
Nu kommer vår första intervju. Givetvis är vi stolta över att det blev Anderson Silva! Förhoppningsvis blir det många fler i framtiden. Vi lät er läsare ge förslag på frågor och sen valde jag och Martin ut 20 av dem. Det var inte det lättaste ska erkännas då det fanns 62 kommentarer och många kom med en hel drös frågor.
Av våra 20 frågor har Anderson via sitt folk svarat på en handfull av dem. Det enda vi ändrat (på begäran) är en del stavfel. Anderson är också medveten om att frågorna kom från er läsare.
Efter hoppet kommer intervjun i sin helhet
Intervju med Anderson Silva Augusti/September 2009
MMAnytt (MN): Dear Anderson, Thank you so much for taking your time answering our questions. Several readers on MMAnytt.se want to know what you eat while training for a fight.
Anderson Silva (AS): I drink no alcohol, eat maybe 3000 calories a day and don’t measure stuff too much. I don’t eat candy! As you all know I worked at MacDonald’s once and I still like Big Mac.
MN: Why do you dance around sometimes when you fight? As last with the fight against Forrest Griffin. Is it a way to stress your opponents and winning the mental game?
AS: I dance well! Seriously I am from Brazil what do you expect?
MN: Except Lyoto are there any other fighters you don’t want to face?
AS: Yes. I will never fight The Nogueira’s, Lyoto Machida as you mentioned, Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons, Ricardo Arona, Pedro Rizzo and Paulo Filho.
MN: If you never had started doing martial arts during your youth, what do you think you would do today?
AS: I was raised by my aunt and uncle and I was taught to have a good moral. My older brothers were my heroes and making me want to work as a cop so I probably would have been one today.
MN: What went through your head when you realized you lost to Ryo Chonan in a very spectacular way and especially after you had been so dominant during the match? Please tell us about that match.
AS: When I look at that fight now I don’t want to take nothing away from Ryo. I fought that fight injured; I had a broken ankle, I thought I was winning the fight, and he pulled something out of his hat like a magician, a trick, I was not expecting his move and could not defend it. I believe I learned a great lot of that loss. Every loss you should learn something and also every win. I like to look at those matches back then because I realize how much I have evolved! I stay alert and look into what is new in BJJ and other sports. I also watch old tapes.
MN: How does a normal training day or week look like?
AS: 4 times a week I have 2 hour sessions with strength training. I like to do a lot of sets. About 2 days every week I spar, some do it too much and that is not good. I train fighting 5 days a week. But of course it depends upon my health, if I am training for a fight or what. But that’s a normal week. I also train my reflexes with a couple of drills when my friend throw balls at me and I move away and stuff like that. I also help my friends and as people know I imitate well so I get to imitate fighters a lot. Doing imitation I sometimes learn why someone like a certain style or a certain move. Recently I have helped Minotauro and been training with Andre Galvao for the BJJ world championship but also of course others. Training and fighting is my life. I train like there is no tomorrow. On my level you need to keep training and evolving all the time. I train with my friends and we all help each other out.
MN: Which is the toughest fight you have fought and why?
AS: A very hard question to answer as many fights have been tough in different ways. In UFC I have had the toughest fights but I will never forget the fight against Sakurai as it was my first world title and it was really tough! I worked other jobs at that time and he had fought 20 times with no loss. I also want to mention Rich Franklin. It was an honor to fight Rich Franklin! I cannot explain how I felt fighting him and I still feel that he and I are the two best fighters in 185.
MN: What are your plans after your MMA career/maybe boxing career? Acting in movies? Trainer?
AS: I don’t know but I like to act and I like stand up. Trainer, I don’t know. I will probably help friends. Thank you for all your questions and your support! I remember 1994 when Sweden met Brazil two times in the world cup. A very good cup.
