Anderson Silva mötte i början av 2016 Michael Bisping och förlorade då via ett enhälligt domslut. Silva lyckades under matchen slå ner Bisping och trodde att han segrade via knockout och började därmed fira, men Bisping ställde sig upp igen.
Brasilianaren har nu gått med 4 raka förluster och en no-contest, men han är fast besluten om att få en returmatch mot den nuvarande mästaren oavsett om det handlar om titelmatch eller inte.
Det här berättade Silva via MMAJunkie:
In my opinion, I won. It was very controversial because he landed two strikes when I was out of balance. He ended up getting the points. There was a situation when he was on top for a while, but I think I won the fight. Because when he ate the knee, the bell rang. And the rule, if I’m not mistaken, says he needs to get up on his own to go to his corner. He didn’t get up on his own and, while I was up in the cage, the commission came in.
In my opinion, I (beat Bisping). But it’s OK. He’s the champion, he needs to be respected, and I hope to have another opportunity to fight him regardless of it being for the belt.
The truth is that I still have a few fights left in my contract. I have, I think, still five or six fights left in my contract. I intend to do them. And since I fight in the (middleweight) division, there may be (a rematch with Bisping). Depending on my performances, I might have the opportunity to fight for the belt again.
But it’s not something that I’m seeking. I want to do the fights that I need to for my contract. (I want to) put on good fights, of course, and I hope to win all of them and give a good show to the fans.
Silva mötte senast lätt-tungviktsmästaren Daniel Cormier under UFC 200 då han förlorade via ett enhälligt domslut.
Bisping och welterviktsmästaren Tyron Woodley har kommit överens om ett möte mot varandra i catchweight, i maj, men ännu har matchningen inte blivit officiell.
