Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva expects no ring rust at UFC 146
Posted on May 24, 2012, 10:44 AM by Anton GurevichFormer Strikeforce heavy-hitter Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva will return to action this weekend, facing the former UFC Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in the co-main event action of UFC 146 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Silva spoke about his preparations for the fight with Cain Velasquez, and the 8-month layoff after getting knocked out of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament by Daniel Cormier.
Antonio Silva is 16-3 in his MMA career, with 11 KO/TKO victories.
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this guy is a freak, cain will destroy him.
Irony is seeing your post, then seeing your profile picture.
That made my day better, thanks Entity.
Mike Kyle almost knocked him out, Daniel Cormier destroyed him using the same punch Mike Kyle hurt him with and that was no coincidence. I see nothing different here as Cain trains with at AKA with Cormier and Kyle, and Cormier is usually in Cain's corner, and I kno damn sure he'll be in his corner for this fight
He underestimated Kyle and Cormier and did not know what to expect from those guys. He did very well against Fedor and Arlovski because he knew what to expect from them. With Cain is the same, he knows strong sides of Cain. Probably, Cain will box with him, it is unlikely that Cain will try to take him down, BF is too big and strong for that and he has a black belt in BJJ. I won't be surprised if BF wins.
I agree. That said I will also not be surprised if Cain wins. We will know in the first minute who will win.
He is a warior - had to battle a very serious tumor that was imbalancing his hormones and is up there fighting the best in the world - something we keybord warriors will most likely never do....respect for Pezao!!!
+1
I respect this guy a lot.
That been said, Cain will beat him easily
Cain has the advantage everywhere on paper, but Bigfoot hits hard and Cain's chin is not the best. It also has yet to be seen how Cain comes back from a pretty devastating first loss. Don't count Bigfoot out.
I like Bigfoot a lot as a fighter, but anytime you get knocked out like he did against Cormier, it increases the chance of it happening again in your next fight.
That is very true. That said, he got rocked the same way by Kyle and then survived some bombs against Fedor as well as taking some decent shots from Arlovski. BF is a BIG dude. This is just conjecture but maybe he was rocked so easily against Cormier and Kyle due to bad wt cuts. I am not saying that is the case but it is possible. He does seem to bring different chins to different fights. He was also rocked in a similar way in a very early fight.
The same can be said about Mr. Velasquez.
Damn Bigfoot has a big head. If headbutts were legal, he would be unstoppable.
Damn Bigfoot has a big head. If headbutts were legal, he would be unstoppable.
Speed is going to make the difference, Cain is simply to explosive for him, I belive bigfoot will try to get the fight to the ground.