{"id":281167,"date":"2018-07-20T09:30:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=281167"},"modified":"2018-07-20T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T16:30:46","slug":"israel-adesanya-calls-for-fight-with-anderson-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/israel-adesanya\/israel-adesanya-calls-for-fight-with-anderson-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya calls for fight with Anderson Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya has an opponent in mind for his next fight. And <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/israel-adesanya\/israel-adesanya-says-paulo-costa-probably-isnt-next-but-expects-to-fight-him-multiple-times\/\">no, it&#8217;s not Paulo Costa.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Adesanya is eyeing a fight with former UFC middleweight champion and MMA GOAT contender Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya made his callout of the legend on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlcEvydl74D\/?<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;\u2026or you guys want this fight instead?!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Yo for real\u2026no bullshit, if not for @spiderandersonsilva I wouldn\u2019t have looked at fighting from a different perspective. I was under the impression you gotta look like Paula to be a fighter. The Spider been fucking up muscled up beefcakes since ages ago as an lean aerodynamic man. He is still the g.o.a.t imo\u2026<\/em><br \/>\n<em>With that being said\u2026I want #alldashmoke\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/svg\/1f4a8.svg\" alt=\"&#x1f4a8;\" \/>. Just cuz I\u2019m a fan don\u2019t mean you can\u2019t catch these hands\u2026and feets. So yes I am down\u2026will do it fih di culture of fighting!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>#babygoat #workuntilyouridolsbecomeyourrivals #enterthematrix #iwillattack&#8221; &#8211; Israel Adesanya on Instagram.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Until recently, Anderson Silva was mired in a complicated situation with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Luckily, USADA found that Silva&#8217;s recent failed drug test was due to his ingestion of a tainted supplement, not the intentional use of a banned substance. As a result, Silva was only suspended for one year, retroactive to October of 2017. That means he can fight again this October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am vindicated,\u201d Silva said in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/anderson-silva-eligible-return-octagon-october\/\">a statement<\/a> to Ariel Helwani. \u201cThe past nine months have been extremely difficult. I felt like my career and everything I had worked so hard for was dying and my future was hanging in the balance. I knew in my heart that I had done nothing wrong and fully cooperated with USADA during their inquiry to prove it. Today I have a renewed energy. My legacy is restored. 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