After his fight with Israel Adesanya didn’t go his way, the “Spider” knew that he wanted to return when the UFC made the trip to Brazil in May. The opponent didn’t matter, what did was that Silva was able to perform in front of his country.
And on Saturday he will do just that.
“That’s very important for me you know because the timing is completely different now,” Silva said. “I’m not a young guy you know. I spent a long time training in the United States for my fight in Australia and I talked to Dana White after.