Silva to Jones: You need to change everything
Anderson Silva: “When I talk to Jones, I say, bro, I like you bro. You need to change. All the kids are watching you, the families are watching you. You’re the best fighter now.”
After Conor McGregor beat Denis Siver, he vaulted the cage and had words with an amused UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. When Anderson Silva beat Nick Diaz, he, too, vaulted the cage, but it for a markedly different reason.
He headed for thelught heavyweight champion Jon Jones, and, offered words of kindness and support.
“Jones is my friend,” explained Silva afterwards, as transcribed by Dave Meltzer for MMA Fighting. “I talk to Jones all the time. He’s young. He has all the problems. All the people hear his problems. There are problems in the world. The people talk (that) this guy is bad. He’s not bad.”
“When I talk to Jones, I say, ‘bro, I like you bro. You need to change. All the kids are watching you, the families are watching you. You’re the best fighter now. You need to change everything.'”
That was a beautiful sentiment, from the former pound for pound best fighter in the UFC to the present one.
Before Silva spoke to Jones, he had been crying on the floor, and was helped up by a concerned, consoling Nick Diaz, who had just lost. It was beautiful.
And before that, Tyron Woodley refused the 30% fine imposed on Kelvin Gastelum for missing weight.
MMA is beautiful.