Silva: I’ve never wanted to fight Jon Jones
There’s always been a lot of talks about me moving up to 205, I know Dana has talked about it…
There’s always been a lot of talks about me moving up to 205, I know Dana has talked about it a lot, all the fans have talked a lot about me moving up and facing Jon Jones, but it’s something I’ve never wanted, Silva said on Thursday.
Silva has tested the waters at light heavyweight in the past only because the UFC has asked him to do so when they needed him, but he’s never planning a permanent move there.
The long time Brazilian champion has plenty of teammates who could challenge UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, but he’s not going to be one of them.
I won’t be pretentious to say that I want to move up, especially because there’s other guys in that weight class on our team like Rafael Feijao (Cavalcante), (Antonio Rogerio) Minotoro Nogueira, there’s other guys that could potentially face Jon Jones in the future, Silva stated.
What got me this far is I’m grounded, my weight class is 185, said Silva.
I’m 37-years old and I feel like I need to be honest and to continue what I’ve built which is keep defending my belt at 185.