{"id":221094,"date":"2017-02-03T22:59:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T06:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=221094"},"modified":"2017-02-03T22:59:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T06:59:40","slug":"anderson-silva-losing-streak-not-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/anderson-silva-losing-streak-not-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva on losing streak: &#8216;It&#8217;s not important&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At one point in time, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva looked nearly unbeatable in the Octagon, winning 16 straight fights, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-day-anderson-silva-matrix-vs-forrest-griffin\/\">including 10 defenses of the UFC middleweight title<\/a>. While Silva is certainly still considered the best fighter of all time, The Spider has been on a bit of a skid recently, going 0-4 with 1 no contest in his last 5 fights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Silva-wins.png\" alt=\"Anderson Silva\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-198421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Silva-wins.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Silva-wins-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Silva-wins-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Silva-wins-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his UFC 208 scrap with Derek Brunson on February 11th, Silva spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/02\/former-ufc-champ-anderson-silva-its-not-important-how-many-fights-ive-lost\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss his recent string of losses, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Victory in my life, in your life, in everybody\u2019s life is important,\u201d Silva said on today\u2019s UFC 208 conference call. \u201cI think the more important thing now in my life is to stay happy, work happy. I\u2019ve been fighting for a long time in my life and working hard at fighting in the UFC. I\u2019ve changed a little bit of my focus. I focus on my family and my different jobs outside the UFC. I think for me now it\u2019s not important how many fights I\u2019ve lost, how many fights I win. I just bring my heart and do my best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy because in my heart I have a lot of energy,\u201d Silva said. \u201cIn my mind, in my heart. I still believe in my heart I have the energy to finish my contract in the UFC. I have the energy to fight for more years.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In regards to his endeavors outside of the Octagon, the former champ <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/anderson-silva-sells-series-script-netflix\/\">recently sold a script he wrote for an action series to Netflix to kick off 2017<\/a>. In addition, Silva expressed his desire to eventually win an Oscar, something he says has been a goal of his for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Anderson-Silva-int.png\" alt=\"Anderson Silva\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-193423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Anderson-Silva-int.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Anderson-Silva-int-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Anderson-Silva-int-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Anderson-Silva-int-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva of course will also have the opportunity to move one step closer to his goal of reclaiming the middleweight title when he steps into the Octagon with Brunson.<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/4\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At one point in time, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva looked nearly unbeatable in the Octagon, winning 16 straight fights, including 10 defenses of the UFC middleweight title. While Silva is certainly still considered the best fighter of all time, The Spider has been on a bit of a skid recently, going 0-4 with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":217456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10098],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anderson Silva on losing streak: &#039;It&#039;s not important&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC legend Anderson Silva discusses his recent losing streak, and explains why he isn&#039;t concerned with his recent string of losses.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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