{"id":353574,"date":"2020-06-18T07:07:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=353574"},"modified":"2020-06-18T07:07:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:07:58","slug":"ali-abdelaziz-defends-joe-silva-against-cowardly-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ali-abdelaziz-defends-joe-silva-against-cowardly-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Abdelaziz defends Joe Silva against “cowardly” accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"

MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz has stepped in to defend former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva against a bevy of accusations.<\/p>\n

Silva, who served as the primary UFC matchmaker for many years, has been under fire over the last week, as a long list of fighters have shared horror stories about working with him, including Eddie Alvarez, Mike Pierce, Roland Delorme, Gray Maynard and Brendan Schaub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abdelaziz claims these accusations are untrue, and says it’s cowardly for these fighters to criticize Silva when he’s long departed the UFC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see a lot of things about Joe Silva, and it\u2019s not true,\u201d Abdelaziz told\u00a0MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cJoe Silva, yes, he was too honest for some of these cowards, and I think it\u2019s very cowardly when a man is no longer even with the company and people come out and talk (expletive) about him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing is, if you have a problem with Joe Silva, that\u2019s fine. Why didn\u2019t you go public when he was there? Why didn\u2019t you do it? Sean Shelby, too. I talk (expletive) to Sean Shelby all the time. I say it in his face, and he talks (expletive) to me, too. I\u2019m man enough to go to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abdelaziz continued, praising Silva as a pioneer of MMA.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe Silva, in my opinion, is one of the pioneers of the sport \u2013 a (expletive) legend, but he was a little nutty,\u201d Abdelaziz said. \u201cFor a guy that\u2019s 5-foot-4 to walk up to Fabricio Werdum when he was the heavyweight champion of the world and go tell him, straight up, he didn\u2019t like some of his fights? I was right there. Rafael Cordeiro was right there, and Joe was talking (expletive) to Werdum in front of his face. He was able to go to people\u2019s face and talk (expletive) to them, and Fabricio laughed at him. He didn\u2019t take it to heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Joe Silva are not best friends, but I\u2019m just tired of people smearing other people for the fighters not handling their career right,\u201d Abdelaziz added. \u201cIf you suck, Joe Silva told you that you (expletive) suck. \u2026 (but) he did a lot for the sport. You like him, you don\u2019t like him, you have to respect him. It\u2019s OK not to like Joe Silva. It\u2019s OK to (expletive) Joe Silva. But you have to respect Joe Silva. If he hurt your feelings, you\u2019re in the wrong (expletive) business. That\u2019s it.”<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Ali Abdelaziz? Where do you stand on Joe Silva?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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