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Ariel Helwani: How do you feel?
Antonio Silva: I am very very happy right now. This is the fruit of a lot of hard work with my camp. With all the guys who trained hard with me. I am very very happy
AH: Were your surprise the doctor stopped the fight?
AS: Yes, but when I looked across the ring I saw his eye was very swollen. I would have caused more damage to his eye and ended up hurting him bad.
AH: Are you aware whether he asked for it to be stopped or was it the doctors?
AS: It cetainly wasn’t him. He has fought the best. he has beat the best. He wouldn’t ask to be stopped. It had to be the doctor.
AH: Should the refereee have stopped the fight?
AS: I dont think so a good fighter has to fight the good and the bad. He is an excellent fighter. He knows how to weather the storm.
HT: MixedMartialArts.com for the transcript
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Sergei Kharitonov is hoping to gain more fans in America with his first round knockout over Andrei Arlovski.
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More interviews with both fighters and post fight press conference comments after the jump
Kharitonov notes that “The winner of the tournament will come from Golden Glory.”
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Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on his win over Fedor and his thoughts on moving into the second round of the Strikeforce tournament.
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Kharitonov talks about advancing into the second round and his thoughts on the next step of his career.