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UFC 196: Erick Silva wants 'two good wins' to start a new chapter in his career

Erick Silva wants to begin a new chapter of his career, starting with Nordine Taleb tonight at UFC 196 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A disappointing split decision loss to Neil Magny put Erick Silva's first UFC win streak to a halt back in August 2015. Before that, the Brazilian enjoyed a couple of submission wins over Josh Koscheck and Mike Rhodes.

As he told Globo Esporte, he wishes to put together a new win streak to begin a new chapter in his career.

"I had two important wins, but I ended up messing up against Neil Magny.