Just when you though the carcass of last weekend’s fight debacle between Anderson Silva and Demian Maia had nearly been picked clean, new angles and developments continue to pop up (including Dana White’s threat to cut Silva if the same thing happens in his next bout). Really, despite reassurances from Silva’s management that there’s no big conspiracy behind his antics at UFC 112, the WTF? factor to this really hasn’t been answered has it?
Well, according to the guy that faced Silva’s outburst (both verbal and physical) on Saturday, Mr. Maia, he believes people need look no further than “The Spider’s” ego (and spiders have been known to be quite bashful), to explain why the champ acted the way he did. Speaking to Tatame.com, Maia was once again asked about whether or not he provoked Silva with pre-fight banter, as the champion has claimed.
“Those who know me knows that I never disrespect anyone, especially with someone who is friends with several of my friends, like Anderson. In fact, they were wrong and want to find a justification. No need to justify, just assume “I was wrong”. Everyone does mistakes, we’re there to learn. There’s some jokes to promote the fight, that is very light compared to boxing and other sports. The problem is when you think you are so good that nobody can joke with you, then you have to review the path and size that your ego is taking you to.”
Wow. Regardless of whether you think Maia’s got Silva pinned on this, not a bad public service announcement…