{"id":119647,"date":"2014-11-19T08:03:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T16:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119647"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:08:22","slug":"needed-silva-downplays-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/needed-silva-downplays-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Silva Says No Worries With Health Ahead Of Nick Diaz Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Anderson-Silva-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117199\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Anderson-Silva-.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson Silva\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" 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><br \/>\nFormer UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) says there should be no worries regarding his health heading in to his January 31st showdown with Nick Diaz at UFC 183.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Spider&#8221; was hospitalized due to apparent back pain earlier this month in Brazil. However, after a quick observation from doctors, Silva was released.<\/p>\n<p>Back injuries are known to have lingering effects, but Anderson Silva downplayed the situation during Monday&#8217;s &#8220;UFC: The Time Is Now&#8221; press conferance in Las Vegas:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m good now,\u201d Silva said. \u201cWhen I go to the academy for training, I train too much. My coach said, \u2018Stop Anderson now. You\u2019ve trained too much.\u2019 Then when I finished my training, (I had a) little pain in my back. I go to the hospital, and the doctors said, \u2018Anderson, you don\u2019t have nothing. Go home.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI go home, and I\u2019m waiting for my fight now. I\u2019m very good. I don\u2019t have any problems. My leg\u2019s good, my back\u2019s good, and I\u2019m very excited to be back.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The former UFC middleweight champion has not stepped foot inside the octagon since a December of 2013 loss to Chris Weidman, where Silva suffered a broken leg.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson stated that although his wife and kids had asked him to retire following the injury, he just couldn\u2019t allow his career to end in such dreadful fashion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMy kids says, \u2018Dad, please. No back.\u2019 I say, \u2018I need to go back because this is part of my life, is to fight, it\u2019s part of my life,\u2019\u201d Silva said. \u201cThen my wife and my kids say, \u2018OK, Dad. If you\u2019re happy, go back.\u2019 Thank you to Dana (White) and Lorenzo (Fertitta). I\u2019m very excited for back and to fight for my fans. I need to give back to my fans in the United States, my fans in the world, and what they give me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for fighting former Strikeforce title holder Nick Diaz, Silva said he can&#8217;t wait:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve very excited to fight Nick because Nick has great fights in UFC,\u201d Silva said. \u201cI\u2019m training very hard for my fight with Nick Diaz, and I\u2019m very excited to be back.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for all your UFC News!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) says there should be no worries regarding his health heading in to his January 31st showdown with Nick Diaz at UFC 183. &#8220;The Spider&#8221; was hospitalized due to apparent back pain earlier this month in Brazil. 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