It wasn’t all that long ago that Anderson Silva stood atop the MMA world as the greatest of all time. He had wrecked nearly everyone in his path in the Octagon. He was unbeatable… until he wasn’t.
When Chris Weidman defeated Silva not once, but twice, the Spider lost his championship and much of his previously unmatched thunder along with hit.
When Holly Holm landed a high kick that nearly took former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s head off and left her flat on her back, everyone immediately began questioning if Rousey would ever come back… just like they did Silva when he lost to Weidman.
Having made the long climb back into the Octagon and then facing a suspension for multiple drug test failures related to his comeback fight with Nick Diaz, Silva knows what it is like to get knocked and then have to get back up. So he took a minute out of his day to offer some words of encouragement to Rousey, as she licks her wounds and begins the long climb back into the Octagon…
