{"id":119494,"date":"2014-11-17T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T00:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119494"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:09:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:09:56","slug":"silva-thought-going-paralyzed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/silva-thought-going-paralyzed\/","title":{"rendered":"Silva: &#8220;I thought I was going to be paralyzed&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/silva-working-on-power-loss-in-left-leg-and-hip\/anderson-silva-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117199\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Anderson-Silva-.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson Silva\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Anderson-Silva-.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Anderson-Silva--300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Anderson-Silva--361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva found himself in a bit of a scare earlier this month when the former middleweight kingpin was rushed to the hospital after having back pain, and then reportedly being unable to feel his legs.<\/p>\n<p>Silva spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/vejario.abril.com.br\/materia\/esporte\/anderson-silva-revela-batalha-para-se-recuperar-ate-luta-janeiro-ufc-las-vegas-nick-diaz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veja Rio<\/a>, in an article which was translated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/11\/17\/7234927\/anderson-silva-lower-back-pain-paralyzed-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>, to discuss the back pain, and why he feared he had become paralyzed.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t believe when I felt that back pain.  I thought I was going to be paralyzed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t move or feel my legs and feet.  I was scared. I had never experienced anything like that before.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Silva returns to the UFC on January 31st against Nick Diaz at UFC 183.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson Silva found himself in a bit of a scare earlier this month when the former middleweight kingpin was rushed to the hospital after having back pain, and then reportedly being unable to feel his legs. 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