Jean Silva opened an enormous lower over Drew Dober’s proper eye to drive a health care provider stoppage the final time he entered the UFC cage, and he vows to supply much more harm going ahead.
“Lord” battles Melsik Baghdasaryan in his return to featherweight at Saturday’s UFC Seattle occasion and mentioned he’s a singular kind of fighter in contrast to people who preceded him within the historical past of the game.
“Melsik talks an excessive amount of. It’s going to be good to beat him up. Very nice,” Silva instructed MMA Combating. “I’m positive the UFC is taking a look at me like… There’s a villain, ‘Poatan’ [Alex Pereira]. There was a loudmouth that backed it up, Conor [McGregor]. There was the king of the entire thing, [Jose] Aldo. There was the artist, Anderson Silva. There was Wanderlei Silva, a badass.
“There have been loads of people who had nice accomplishments within the UFC that nobody else did, however there wasn’t a man that simply scared all people, you understand? Somebody that the UFC is aware of will likely be an issue when he fights as a result of they must reconstruct faces. They must decide up the items after the combat to get them again in place. I’m exhibiting all people I’ll disfigure all people’s faces. I’ll damage them. I’m that man, you understand? Folks that combat me don’t concern the combat, they concern how they’ll take care of the combat.”
Baghdasaryan is 8-2 as an expert fighter going into UFC Seattle, however Silva disputes that.
“He’s already 8-3 the second he signed the contract,” Silva mentioned. “He already misplaced to me, however he hasn’t seen that but. On the twenty second, he’ll stroll in there and understand the No. 3 was already there. He’s good, he’s very skilled in kickboxing, so I see it as a straightforward combat. Not saying prefer it’s going to be straightforward to go there and beat the man. Not like that. However my degree in MMA is totally different. My recreation is extra balanced than his. There are not any feelings in Lord’s recreation. The distinction is that if Lord can damage you, he’ll damage you dangerous. It’s not good to be damage by the Lord.”
“I believe that each combat is an even bigger message to the division,” he continued. “I’ll ship one other message to the division. Relax, higher days will come for some, and worst days will come for others. Sadly, the twenty second will likely be a foul day for Melsik. I do not know why he agreed to this combat. I don’t understand how the negotiation was with the UFC, however I don’t assume he had many choices.”
Silva missed weight previous to his win over Charles Jourdain in June 2024, which is why he competed at light-weight months later. Again to his unique weight class and with weight on level for UFC Seattle, Silva is open to different journeys to light-weight sooner or later for enjoyable matchups like Rafael Fiziev, however his focus is on the duty forward for now.
“In my very own weight class I’ll beat all people up, sorry,” Silva mentioned. “I do know many individuals on the market are ready for the day Jean stumbles to allow them to say, ‘He wasn’t all that,’ however I’m sorry to tell you all that I’m not the one which fights, there’s another person in there, and it’s going to be onerous to beat. I can solely lose to myself.”
Silva will not be the kind of fighter to name out names after wins however is aware of it’s how the sport is performed within the UFC. That mentioned, he’d a lot relatively keep energetic and drop our bodies on the bottom to checks and wins.
“If I’m on the lookout for somebody to disfigure, somebody I believe deserves a beatdown to settle down, it will in all probability be Bryce Mitchell,” Silva mentioned. “I believe all people needs to see that. Individuals are tweeting that, ‘Put him in opposition to Jean.’ However I don’t prefer to ask. I’ll beat some folks and all people else received’t wish to combat me. It’s like an extended line for a job alternative that no person needs. Individuals begin to go away the road however ultimately somebody received’t have the ability to go away.
“I don’t have a reputation. In my weight class, if I needed to decide identify to combat, occupied with the rating, it will undoubtedly be Josh Emmett. I believe he’s superior. That mentioned, brother, [bring] anybody. It may be a UFC newcomer, somebody who simply fought on the Contender [Series]. Put me to combat on the Contender. I simply wish to beat folks up and receives a commission. That’s it.”
