MIAMI – If the folks want a hero, Jean Silva says he’s their man.
In a extremely anticipated UFC 314 showdown with Bryce Mitchell, not solely did Silva (16-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) win, he dominated. Halfway by way of Spherical 2, he beat Mitchell (17-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) at his personal sport with a ninja choke submission.
“Now, I’m fairly certain I’m the folks’s hero,” Silva advised MMA Junkie and different reporters at a post-fight information convention. “In the event that they wanted one, Jean ‘The Lord’ Silva is right here.”
There was a lot consideration on the three-round featherweight bout due to feedback made by Bryce Mitchell on his podcast wherein he praised Adolf Hitler. Silva, like most who heard the feedback, took challenge with them.
However the nature wherein Silva gained appeared to shock even a few of his largest supporters. Mitchell is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black-belt who had solely been submitted as soon as prior.
“Pay attention, me profitable by submission? Whoever wager me, it’s time to share. For those who wager on me, put it in my pocket. I need to make some cash, as effectively. Do you wager on me? … I actually didn’t know that. Folks actually suppose I’m apparently not good at jiu-jitsu or grappling. It’s loopy as a result of I’m Brazilian.”
Together with his victory, Silva saved the momentum going for a surging Preventing Nerds group that additionally consists of Caio Borralho, Carlos Prates and Mauricio Ruffy. Regardless of turning heads on a close to month-to-month foundation, Silva stated one of the best is but to come back.
“We’ve had loads of totally different paths to victory,” Silva stated. “We’ve had some that concerned knockouts. We’ve had others that concerned submissions. A few of them truly concerned taking some injury. But it surely wasn’t attention-grabbing as a result of we had all these totally different pathways to victory. We had been very blissful to truly have the ability to put all of them collectively and make it occur and get it that manner. For those who take a look at it, it’s me now. You had me, after which you have got Ruffy, after which you have got Prates, and Prates and me once more, and Prates is developing. So get used to this. Get used to this. That is occurring.”
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