Erick Silva ticked off a lot of fans at UFC 196. It wasn’t because of his illegal kicks to downed opponents or his shots to the back of the head…or even all those steroid rumors.
No, this time Silva had fans up in arms over a fake glove touch that he used to set up a blatant sucker punch on his UFC 196 opponent, Nordine Taleb. Not long after, though, he got clobbered with a right hand that had fans laughing off their chairs and pointing to it as proof that, yes, karma is real.
Erick Silva with the classless fake glove tap #poorsportsmanship #ufc196 https://t.co/V7rLxOGwd5
— Mike Attard (@MikeAttard_) March 9, 2016
Well, Silva is unhappy about all the MMA fans finding joy in his defeat and has issued a statement about it. So what does he have to say for himself? What did he do to prompt me to refer to his statement as “whining like a baby”? Check out the next page and find out.
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