UFC Heavyweight contender Antonio Silva recently spoke to MMAFighting.com about fellow UFC Heavyweight Josh Barnett and gave his thoughts on why he feels Barnett is scared of him.
“I woke up this morning and saw his interview,” Silva said. “He’s giving excuses because he’s scared. That’s the word. He says he won’t fight me because he doesn’t want to give me name and money with this fight, but the truth is he’s scared.
“I think he should take a look at the rankings. I’m ranked at no. 4 and he’s no. 5. The last guy that beat him got knocked out by me.”
Silva added Barnett recently trashing talking him is giving him more motivation in the gym:
“He crossed a line with his words in that interview,” he said. “It was unprofessional, but it was good because he gave me another reason to train hard. I was so pumped up this morning that I went to the gym and trained even more. That’s how I like. If he wasn’t educated by his mother, I’ll teach him a lesson.”
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