I UFC finns ett par atleter som öppet pratar om sin sexuella läggning, bland annat Liz Carmouche. Något Anderson Silva, till skillnad från hans klubbkamrat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, inte tycker är konstigt alls. Silva ställde upp på en intervju för den brasilianska tidningen, Trip. Silva skulle inte ha några som helst problem med att träna med någon som var öppet homosexuell och finner det märkligt att en del skulle ha problem med det.
don’t think there’s prejudice, but there’s a lot of homosexuals in mixed martial arts. There are a lot of them who haven’t yet come out. [If they were to come out,] nowadays it’s so silly to not express your feelings. As long as you respect people’s spaces, and respect their limits. You have to live your life in peace and no one has anything to do with that. I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it’s all right. I don’t think much of it. The fact that guy is gay doesn’t mean he’s going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren’t gay. He can do whatever he wants with his private life
Silva kunde skämtsamt säga att han blivit retad av sina klubbkamrater om sin egen sexualitet varpå Silva hade följande att säga.
They tease me. Sometimes people think I’m gay. A lot of people have asked me if I’m gay. I answer, ’Look, not to my knowledge. But, I’m still young, it could be that in the future I’ll find out that I’m gay.’ I take good care of my things, I put everything in a bag, I use soap, I put on a cream after training. People think it’s capricious. To each his own. Doesn’t mean you’re more man or less man, more gay or less gay.
Den tidigare mellanviktsmästaren och argumenterbart den bästa genom tiderna, Anderson Silva, gick sin senaste match mot Derek brunson. En match Silva vann genom ett enhälligt domslut i februari.
