In the crowd at Jungle Fight Championship by Pozil, that took place this Saturday at the Hotel Windsor, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, the keenest eyes could find celebrities, fighters, former athletes, masters and event the very best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Besides supporting Wallid Ismail's event, Anderson Silva, who was accompanied by his friend and teammate Rafael Feijao, was present to cheer for Paulo Dezenet, representative from his academy in Curitiba, the Killer Bees.
Dezenet lost to Leonardo Tangerina when he was injured from a throw, in the very first round, but the "Spider" carried on watching the event till the end. For being the most sought after athlete, constantly autographs, interviews and photos are asked of him, getting access to the UFC middleweight champion is difficult, but GRACIEMAG.com managed a way and spoke with Anderson.
"I think it's a great event, my congratulations to Wallid, now we just need to wait for him to put together more events of this level. The sport is heading in the right direction and it's good to see this growth," said the beast, who was visibly stronger and heavier.
With the evidence of muscular reinforcement work for his debut as a light heavyweight in the UFC, against James Irvin on Saturday, the question of how much he is weighing arose, and as there was a crowd payiing attention to the interview, Silva leaned down a bit and spoke in a whisper: "I weigh 100kg," he said with a confident smile.
Since his adversary had said he would have the advantage in strength and size, the last question for Anderson was whether he agreed with his rival's opinion, and cracking the same smile, limited himself to saying: "Let's see what goes down," the fighter said in finishing.
