Dana White said the fight wasn't going to happen but apparently Silva has now spoken out and is saying he backed down from the planned September match becasue he wasn't ready, and has explained his side of the story after many called him a chicken:
"Without a doubt this is the most important fight of my life," Silva said. "The guy is one of the biggest names in the USA, so I think that we (Chuck and I) have everything needed to do a very exciting fight. And that is why it is such an awaited fight. I choose to fight in November, and at no time did I say I didn't want to fight him. I was the first to propose the fight. They had been hiding him for several reasons, and now a lot of people turned up saying I chickened out"
Hopefully this November matchup will happen, White probably said it wasn't going to happen just to stir things up and create publicity and headlines.
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Dana White said the fight wasn't going to happen but apparently Silva has now spoken out and is saying he backed down from the planned September match becasue he wasn't ready, and has explained his side of the story after many called him a chicken:
"Without a doubt this is the most important fight of my life," Silva said. "The guy is one of the biggest names in the USA, so I think that we (Chuck and I) have everything needed to do a very exciting fight. And that is why it is such an awaited fight. I choose to fight in November, and at no time did I say I didn't want to fight him. I was the first to propose the fight. They had been hiding him for several reasons, and now a lot of people turned up saying I chickened out"
Hopefully this November matchup will happen, White probably said it wasn't going to happen just to stir things up and create publicity and headlines.