Anderson Silva shocked the MMA world recently when he made some negative comments about the way the UFC treated him. Dana White was recently asked about it and he unsurprisingly did not hold back.
The UFC 274 press conference was where Dana White was asked about Silva. He was very surprised about the comments and couldn't figure out where it was coming from.
“Anderson Silva, what the fuck is Anderson Silva talking about?” White said at the UFC 274 post-fight press conference. “When have any of you ever heard me talk negative, except for the fight in Abu Dhabi, about Anderson Silva? Never. I’ve never talked bad about Anderson Silva. Not only that, we let the guy fight through his contract, he lost seven of his last eight, or eight of his last nine fight, and always treated him with — I don’t know where the hell this is coming from, from him that then I started trying to make is so he couldn’t make money after. I said, ‘Jake Paul is looking to fight somebody, fight Anderson Silva, that guy’s out there, he’s available, he’s 47 years old.’ It’s baffling to me.”
Dana White was also asked about the last time he spoke to Silva. The UFC president actually has a really good relationship with the former champion's son.
“Been a long time,” White said when asked the last time he spoke with Silva. “His son hits me up and wants to come to fights, absolutely. This is his house, if he ever wants — that came out of left field and makes absolutely no sense to me. Unless you guys have heard me say something that I don’t remember saying, the only time I ever said anything negative about Anderson Silva was in Abu Dhabi after that fight.”
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