Erick Silva
Last month Brazilian welterweight Erick Silva (14-3, 1NC) put in a losing “Fight of the Night” performance versus former UFC contenter Jon Fitch as part of the UFC 153 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Many expected the young fighter to take the fight to Fitch but it was the other way around in the bout despite a coupe of close finish attempts by Silva.
In a recent quote from Fighters Only, Silva blamed his poor performance on having to cut too much weight for the October 13 event dropping approx. 15-lbs (7kgs) the day before the weigh-ins.
“I won’t permit it to happen again. I will be attentive to the weight, I will work it well. I won’t have much on me by the end of the year. In the last fight, I thought that it would be better to get heavier in the final stages of training but afterwards I realized that it ended up making me more slow and tired. Now this is going to be a whole new ball game,” he says.
Silva has his next fight scheduled when he meets Jay Hieron at UFC 156 which is expected for February 2, 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.