Felipe Silva tasted defeat for the first time in MMA in September, getting knocked out in 74 seconds by Mairbek Taisumov, and was anxious to come back “as soon as possible” to the Octagon to rid himself of the memory.
He now faces Claudio Puelles on Saturday at UFC Chile, and spoke with MMA Fighting about how upsetting it was to deal with a loss.
”We’re always confident we will win, but we live side by side with the defeat,” Silva said. “It wasn’t easy to overcome that, but with the help of my coaches I remained focused in my training for my comeback.