{"id":41963,"date":"2012-10-15T05:35:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T12:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=41963"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:31:43","slug":"anderson-silva-stands-firm-no-amount-of-money-can-make-him-fight-jon-jones-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-stands-firm-no-amount-of-money-can-make-him-fight-jon-jones-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva Stands Firm: No Amount Of Money Can Make Him Fight Jon Jones | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jones-silva.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jones-silva.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jones silva\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jones-silva.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jones-silva-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jones-silva-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cSince I started training martial arts, I never thought about the money. I think everything I was able to get was because I always did it with pleasure and love because when I started there was no money in this. I don\u2019t fight for money. Obviously, the money\u2019s important, we all need money, but I don\u2019t fight for the money. This is not something that I would like to happen because the times I\u2019ve seen Jon Jones, he\u2019s always mentioned that he would not like to fight, but we are UFC employees. I wouldn\u2019t like this to happen because on our team we have (Antonio) Rogerio Minotoro (Nogueira), we have (Rafael) Feijao, we have (Wagner Prado) Calderon, we have other athletes in his division that can fight him. I\u2019m getting old guys, I\u2019m retired, I\u2019m nearly there, I\u2019ve only got another five years left, leave Jon Jones to them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During Saturday&#8217;s post UFC 153 media activities UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, made it clear that he is not interested in a super fight with reigning 205 king Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Is Silva making the right call and is anybody buying what he is selling? <\/p>\n<p>Could it be that Silva is holding out for a mega payday for this mega fight or is he really not interested? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSince I started training martial arts, I never thought about the money. I think everything I was able to get was because I always did it with pleasure and love because when I started there was no money in this. I don\u2019t fight for money. 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