Footage of the emotional Team Nogueira locker room at UFC 134 has surfaced through Gesias Cavalcante’s YouTube account. After watching his long-time teacher and training partner knock out Brendan Schaub, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva can be seen crying tears of joy.
Silva has been very close friends with Nogueira since joining Black House MMA in November 2006. After Nogueira missed more than a year due to injury and was considered a big underdog against Schaub, it is understandable that Silva would be so passionate about the victory.
Among others, elite heavyweight Antonio Silva and manager Ed Soares can also be seen celebrating in the video. In an MMA landscape that has recently been headlined by a feud between former training partners Jon Jones and Rashad Evans, Team Nogueira might be the most tight-knit camp out there.
Not long after this video was taken, Silva entered the Octagon for a title fight against Yushin Okami. After his usual slow start, Silva picked up his pace in the second round and scored a dominant technical knockout victory.
Needless to say, UFC 134, which was held in their home country of Brazil, was an event that Silva and Nogueira will never forget.
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