Anderson Silva: Vitor broke the team code
Q: Regarding this fight with Vitor Belfort, I’d like to talk a little bit about that kick. That kick that…
Q: Regarding this fight with Vitor Belfort, I’d like to talk a little bit about that kick. That kick that in the end of the fight you said Steven Seagal was the one who taught you. But we know that you’re someone who came from Capoeira, came from Muay Thai. That these are traditional strikes from those styles. And we have seen you applying this kick to Dan HendersonI’d like to know who in reality taught you this kick, did Steven Seagal only improve this technique or did you already know it?
Anderson Silva: Well… let’s put it this way, it’s as if you were a race car driver, and you have the mechanics team and they improve the car. He made a few adjustments on how to improve the kick
It wasn’t anything like; “ah, Anderson didn’t know how to do that kick.” It’s something that you learn when you learn any style of martial arts that focuses on standing strikes. In Karate, Judo, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Capoeira, so it’s a traditional strike for a style that focuses on standing strikes
Q: Let’s talk a little bit about the weigh-ins, we saw what was one of the most tense staredowns in the UFC history
AS: … Vitor trained a long time in our team; Team Nogueira. And we have a code of honor in our team in which we will not fight one another. We spend much more time together than with our own families
We try to…
In reality Team Nogueira is the product of what Rodrigo has always taught. Which is to always be united, and one helps the other, we are a family. Vitor spent a lot of time with us… a long time training with us, we opened the door of our home to him. And he broke this code, and it’s something that… of course, he went his way but I have nothing against Vitor and he went his way