Soares: Anderson Silva was offered Hendo for UFC on FOX
Percy Crawford: Good deal. Ever since I have been speaking with you, I tell you how Anderson Silva impresses me…
Percy Crawford: Good deal. Ever since I have been speaking with you, I tell you how Anderson Silva impresses me each time out. The guy is phenomenal. Was the win over Yushin Okami as big of a deal to him, to erase the disqualification loss, or did the media make more of it than Anderson actually thought about it?
Ed Soares: I think every win at this point in his career means a lot to him, to cement his legacy as the greatest of all time. I think he needs to keep that going and keep putting on those types of performances. I think at this point, every victory is important.
PC: As his manager, do you sometimes fear he may be getting bored with the sport, being that, for the most part, he wins relatively easy, with the exception of the Chael Sonnen fight?
ES: Nah, I don’t worry about that. Anderson has a very good head on his shoulders and I think he knows how to focus and channel his energy in the right direction when he needs to.
PC: I understand fighters say what they have to in order to get the fights they want. Dan Henderson recently said Anderson must be scared to fight him. We know that’s not the case, but was there an offer for a Hendo fight on FOX to Silva?
ES: They mentioned it to us. Anderson had a shoulder problem that he actually injured a few weeks before the Okami fight. He wasn’t able to take the fight as quick as they would have liked him to. At this point, he’s 36, about to be 37, so he has to make sure to nurture those injuries, and in order to keep putting on these types of performances, he has to make sure that he is 100% every time he goes in there.