White: Thiago Silva will never fight in the UFC again
“The Ultimate Fighting Championship has terminated the contract of Thiago Silva, effective immediately,” reads the official release on the fighter.
Thiago Silva’s throat slashing days in the UFC are over forever. The news comes from the top.
This guy will never fight in the UFC again, UFC president Dana White told TMZsports.com.
Official word followed from the UFC:
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has terminated the contract of Thiago Silva, effective immediately.
Further details on the deeply unfortunate situation comes from TMZ Sports.
Silva’s wife told police Thiago went nuclear because he suspected his wife was having an affair with MMA instructor Pablo Popovitch, who runs a jiu-jitsu center in South Florida.
According to the police report, Thiago pulled up to Pablo’s training center Thursday night … pulled out a Glock and pointed it at his wife.
Thiago allegedly told his wife, “You have ten seconds to bring Pablo outside and if he does not come out, I will go in the gym and start shooting everyone.”
Police say the class was filled with 25 students at the time of the altercation.
Thiago’s wife told police that Pablo raced out of the center to protect Silva’s wife – and that’s when Thiago threatened to kill them both. Pablo then raced inside the gym to call 911. That’s when Silva drove back to his home.
There’s more … cops say there was ANOTHER violent incident between Thiago and his wife on January 30 – when he accused her of cheating on him.
Thiago’s wife says he got so angry, he pulled out a silver revolver and shoved it into her mouth — while threatening to shoot her. Thiago’s wife eventually got free and obtained a restraining order against the UFC fighter.
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TMZ further reports that attempted murder charges against Silva have been thrown out.
“It just seems if he wanted to shoot Mrs. Silva, he would’ve done it,” reasoned the Florida judge, adding, “He didn’t do it.”
Silva was initially charged with two counts of attempted felony murder, one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and one count of resisting an officer without violence.
That was reduced to two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and one count of resisting an officer without violence.
Silva is currently being held without bond. The judge felt he was a high risk for fleeing back to his native Brazil; there is no extradition of Brazilian citizens from Brazil to eh US. Further, the judge believed Silva was an ongoing danger to his estranged wife.
Silva’s lawyer argued that his client was receiving unduly harsh judgment from the courts due to his (former) employment with the UFC.
“There’s an overreaction, simply because the man, what he does for a living,” said the attorney. He added that Silva had no money, and needed the income from his fight vs. Ovince St. Preux at UFC 171 on March 15.
However, the likelihood of that fight happening is on par with the chances of two 500-foot-tall winged monkeys flying out of your backside on the quarter hour.
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View entire bond hearing (2 hour 18 min mark)