Wanderlei Silva didn’t come to a planned press conference last week in Los Angeles. At the time, Bellator officials said he didn’t make the trip to promote Bellator NYC because he was under the weather.
On Tuesday during a media conference call, Silva confessed the real reason why he didn’t get on a plane to the United States. The Brazilian star said it would be dangerous for him to be in the same room as Chael Sonnen before they step in the cage in the main event of the big pay-per-view card June 24 in New York.