{"id":264482,"date":"2017-11-28T06:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264482"},"modified":"2017-11-28T06:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:47:43","slug":"ufc-lightweight-threatens-slap-former-matchmaker-joe-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-silva\/ufc-lightweight-threatens-slap-former-matchmaker-joe-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC lightweight threatens to slap former matchmaker Joe Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the latest edition of the MMA Hour<\/a>, former UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione claimed that former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva lied to him about the size of the Octagon ahead of his 2012 bout with Roy Nelson, claiming the large cage would be used, when the small cage was used instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who\u2019s ever [seen] me fight or [listened to] my interviews, knows how much I despise that small cage, and Joe Silva lied to me and told me it\u2019s the big cage so I would take the fight,\u201d Mitrione said (h\/t BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201cThe reason why I don\u2019t like it is because it eliminates all my mobility, it eliminates my evasive action and my offensive footwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne hundred percent, (he lied). Because they know I won\u2019t take a fight in that small cage. That\u2019s one of the reasons why, I would always tell them, \u2018what cage is it in?\u2019, \u2018we don\u2019t know what it is yet.\u2019 How can you tell me that\u2019s something you don\u2019t know, when I\u2019m the most mobile heavyweight, and I\u2019m actively saying I don\u2019t want to fight in the small cage? \u2018We don\u2019t know what it is until we figure out the venue. We just know the date.\u2019 That\u2019s some bullsh\u2014t man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the reason why I kicked him \u2014 if you go back and watch the film, I kicked Joe Silva in the stomach right after the fight. I literally threw a bodykick and kicked him in the stomach. He\u2019s like \u2018Matt I had gall bladder surgery,\u2019 you shouldn\u2019t have lied to me then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, it appears that Mitrione isn’t the only fighter to have gripes with Joe Silva. On Monday night, UFC lightweight Chris Wade took to Twitter to echo Mitrione’s dislike for Silva, claiming that Silva threatened to cut him for turning down a fight with an opponent who’d recently had a brush with USADA.<\/p>\n

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Mitrione with Silva lying. I was 4-0 lost my first fight to Khabilov almost scored knockout didn\u2019t happen. I tried to turn down a fight with someone coming off PED suspension appeal he says he\u2019ll cut me that I\u2019m in no pos to turn down a fight. I\u2019ll slap that Napoleon fuck<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Wade (@CWadeMMA) November 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n