{"id":112540,"date":"2014-09-16T05:03:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112540"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:32:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:32:02","slug":"eddie-alvarez-on-thiago-silva-he-was-dealt-a-bad-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/eddie-alvarez-on-thiago-silva-he-was-dealt-a-bad-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez On Thiago Silva: He Was Dealt A Bad Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/bjpenn-com-radio-returns-tonight-with-ufc-fighter-thiago-silva-wed-500p-m-pt\/thiago-silva-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/THIAGO-SILVA.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"THIAGO SILVA\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/THIAGO-SILVA.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/THIAGO-SILVA-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/THIAGO-SILVA-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiago Silva was recently released from prison and resigned by the UFC after the prosecutors for his case were unable to make a case against the light heavyweight fighter.  Silva was acquitted of all charges, and was resigned by the UFC the very same day.<\/p>\n<p>Newly signed UFC lightweight Eddie Alvarez spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/eddie-alvarez-defends-teammate-thiago-silva-he-got-dealt-a-bad-hand-091514?cmpid=tsmtw:fscom:ufconfox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Sports<\/a> about the incident with his teammate saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He was run through the ringer.  Every once in awhile we all get a bad hand dealt to us. He got a bad hand dealt to him. He went through it and came out unstained and successful. Why not [re-sign him]?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a hell of a guy.  It doesn\u2019t shock me that things went the way they went, that he came out unscathed.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Thiago Silva face when he returns to the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thiago Silva was recently released from prison and resigned by the UFC after the prosecutors for his case were unable to make a case against the light heavyweight fighter. Silva was acquitted of all charges, and was resigned by the UFC the very same day. 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