Det var under matchen mot Chris Weidman (12-0) på UFC 168 som Anderson Silva (33-6) bröt benet och efter det var Silva orolig för att bli beroende av smärtstillande tabletter.
Silva berättade för globo om hur svårt det var att handskas med så mycket smärta.
”I thought that I was getting used to the pain but I wasn’t. I hope to not experience that anymore. I don’t wish that for anyone. It was terrible. I’m fine now but there were months of much pain. There were a lot of strong antibiotics that I had to take to end the pain. I started to take and the pain disappeared. When I wasn’t feeling pain, I wanted already to take the pills, that was the point that I stop taking them. I wasn’t addicted but I was feeling myself depressed, the medicine was letting me sleepy. I decided to stop, to avoid getting addicted. I started to fill my bathtub of ice. The pain came and I got into the ice. Pain? Ice! Then I got better.”
Silva känner sig nu helt återställd och han kommer att stiga in i oktanen igen för att möta Nick Diaz (26-9) på UFC 183 och vinner han den matchen, så väntar en titelmatch för Silva.
”Only the time will tell about this. If I get credentials again to fight for the belt and I have to face Weidman one more time, I’ll face him with no problem. I think that I still have some time to do what I love. The competition drives us.”
Weidman har besegrat Silva två gånger tidigare, första gången på UFC 162 där han vann via KO och senast på UFC 168 via TKO på grund av benskada. Hur tror ni det går för Silva om han möter Weidman en tredje gång?
