From Fighters Only Magazine's translation of Gazeta de Povo's interview with Anderson Silva:
"Personally I am in a constant transformation, improving my technique and game constantly. I told Dana White I’m training to face the best guys, to make big fights, whoever it may be. I study my work and I don’t do anything at random... I see my fights every day and try to get better in all skills. I don’t worry about the outcomes, winning or money. I just thing on getting out of there the same way I came in, that is, in one piece with no injuries. And trying to keep myself so means I do not always get the knockout, that is something that just happens during the course of some of my fights.
I try to win through the mistakes of my opponents. It’s not interesting for me to expose myself and run unnecessary risks. I’m getting old and since I started fighting I never had a scratch or my face broken. Anyone who knows about fighting can see what I mean."
On Team Black House and Lyoto Machida:
"God forgive me for saying it, but we’re years ahead of some fighters. We can also make mistakes of course. When we study our performances we see them, however it doesn’t always appear to the untrained eye."
Both Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva basically come in with the same game plan, to hit without getting hit, but it seems like the guy who doesn't get the KO gets labeled "boring". I think that is unfair, but I do find it funny that after two fights each, people's opinions on both fighters did a complete 180.
I still think that Anderson Silva spoiled MMA fans by having that brutal string of KO's and even though he may seem to be cocky, until someone figures out how to beat his style, I can't say that I can disagree with him.
