{"id":59523,"date":"2013-05-16T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=59523"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:02:35","slug":"bigfoot-silva-the-first-punch-that-i-really-land-hes-going-to-go-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/bigfoot-silva-the-first-punch-that-i-really-land-hes-going-to-go-down\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bigfoot&#8217; Silva: &#8216;The first punch that I really land, he\u2019s going to go down.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xbigfoot-wins.png.speedilic.ic_.7br3R6_6Ms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40049\" title=\"390x270xbigfoot-wins.png.speedilic.ic.7br3R6_6Ms\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xbigfoot-wins.png.speedilic.ic_.7br3R6_6Ms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xbigfoot-wins.png.speedilic.ic_.7br3R6_6Ms.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xbigfoot-wins.png.speedilic.ic_.7br3R6_6Ms-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xbigfoot-wins.png.speedilic.ic_.7br3R6_6Ms-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I think the main thing is in our first fight I was nervous and I was anxious,&#8221; Silva said. &#8220;And I have replaced those emotions now. Now I\u2019m calm and I\u2019m driven. I really want this. Comparing my style of fighting to Cain\u2019s style of fighting, I would have to be born again to become faster than Cain Velasquez. I\u2019ve got 30 pounds on him. He\u2019s going to be faster than me. So I need to work with what I have, and what I have is very, very heavy hands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, I\u2019m going to need to keep my hands healthy and heavy to go in there and I\u2019m sure that the first punch that I really land, he\u2019s going to go down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Antonio &#8220;Bigfoot&#8221; Silva is set to square off against Cain Velasquez next weekend at UFC 160. During yesterday&#8217;s pre-fight conference call the big man, growing ever confident in his punching power, proclaimed that he will put the champ away with the first solid blow landed.<\/p>\n<p>Can he really do it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think the main thing is in our first fight I was nervous and I was anxious,&#8221; Silva said. &#8220;And I have replaced those emotions now. Now I\u2019m calm and I\u2019m driven. I really want this. 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