Despite training with the Nogueira brothers Demian Maia would fight Anderson Silva

Published on: 19th January, 2010

Despite training with the Nogueira brothers Demian Maia would fight Anderson Silva | read this item

We all saw how Anderson Silva reacted to the news he would face off against Vitor Belfort for the middleweight title, after training with members of his camp before moving on to train with Shawn Tompkins permanent basis.

A few months later UFC middleweight Demian Maia began to train with the Nogueira brothers to work on his striking. Several fans asked the question: will Silva react the same way if forced to face off against Maia in the future?

In a interview with Sherdog.com Maia said he spoke about the same issue with Rogerio Nogueira before training with him and said working together would not stop a potential fight against Silva from happening.

“I always wanted to train with Rodrigo and his team. I always avoided that, even when Rodrigo said there was no problem, because I knew that it would be a bad situation for“Minotauro.” For one, he is great friends with Anderson. I know Rodrigo is a nice guy who always wants to please everybody; I already talked about that with him. If Anderson really talked about that with him. If Anderson really retires in three or four fights like he says he will, I think it will be very difficult to face him. But if we have to fight, it wouldn’t be a problem; actually, it would be an honor for me. He is friends with many friends of mine. Today, the sport is 100 percent professional, and we cannot predict what’s going to happen. I cannot stop training with great friends because maybe there is a possibility for me to face Anderson. Rodrigo opened his doors to me. I don’t know if Anderson liked that or not, but Rodrigo and Wanderlei [Silva] have always been my great idols in MMA, and I can’t miss the opportunity to train with them. many friends of mine. Today, the sport is 100 percent professional, and we cannot predict what’s going to happen. I cannot stop training with great friends because maybe there is a possibility for me to face Anderson. Rodrigo opened his doors to me. I don’t know if Anderson liked that or not, but Rodrigo and Wanderlei Silva] have always been my great idols in MMA[Silva] have always been my great idols in MMA and I can’t miss the opportunity to train with them.”

What do you think Silva’s reaction will be?

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