Two hours after he heard that Jon Jones had been removed from Saturday’s UFC 200 main event against Daniel Cormier on Wednesday night, former middleweight champion Anderson Silva was on the phone to his manager, Ed Soares, letting him know that he was ready to step in to face the current light heavyweight king.
Consider that the 41-year-old Silva is less than two months removed from gall bladder surgery, had not gotten medicals done, and was fewer than two days away from having to weigh in at 206 pounds. It didn’t matter. This is Anderson Silva, and Anderson Silva has been known for making the impossible possible.