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Silva: White the ‘George Bush’ of MMA
Silva wanted to compete under taekwondo rules during 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and also challenge Roy…
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Chris Palmquist
Silva wanted to compete under taekwondo rules during 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and also challenge Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing bout. However, he believes that White declined his offers to keep everything under control, just like former U.S. president George W. Bush.
“I think that Dana could let me tryout in taekwondo for the 2016 Olympic Games and let me fight Roy,” Silva told Roda Viva in Brazil, “but if he let me do that, he would need to let other fighters do their things, so he would lose control.”
“[Dana White] is a big dad, but we have our fights all the time,” he continued. “He’s the Bush of MMA.”
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