Vera talks Thiago, possible failed test

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/2/18/2000860/brandon-vera-talks-thiago-silva-plans-ufc-return

Quote :

"If (Thiago Silva) does test positive for some kind of strength enhancing substance, it would make me feel a little bit better about myself."

"I roll with Phil Davis, I roll with Travis Browne. I roll with Junior dos Santos. I roll with the Nogueira brothers. ... I remember when I was underneath (Thiago Silva) and I was pushing him back and forth. I was thinking, ‘What the hell? Why is this guy so damn strong?’ And I remember thinking during the fight, ‘Yo, I gotta start lifting weights again.’ He was one of, if not the strongest dudes I ever rolled with in my life. Strong b******."

"If this thing comes back and you did do whatever you did and I make it back to the UFC, on your welcoming back party, I want to make sure I’m the one you get to fight. And I promise if you take me down, I’m going to get back up. Then I’m going to punish you on the feet just like I did while we were fighting, until you took me down. Then you gave it to me, but you won’t take me down next fight. So I’m glad you got to showboat. I’m glad you got to win, kind of. But I’m gonna see you again soon, bud."

lol, come on Vera!

killerofchicken wrote:

lol, come on Vera!

You have to feel for him a little bit, I'm sure it would leave a bad taste in your mouth to find out the fight that cost you your job was not on an even playing field.

Lol Vera. He's become such a joke

OU wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

lol, come on Vera!

You have to feel for him a little bit, I'm sure it would leave a bad taste in your mouth to find out the fight that cost you your job was not on an even playing field.

if he had an advantage i feel slightly bad for vera, but all this talk from him is kinda repetitive...

i feel tension here.

josh200612 wrote:

i feel tension here.

did you stretch? gotta work 'em hammies

killerofchicken wrote:

josh200612 wrote:

i feel tension here.

did you stretch? gotta work 'em hammies

all bullshit aside vera said it best he needs to hit the weights the only thing he does is the TRX if you dont know what it is check it out. Its pretty lame coming from the mma side of exercise.

another thing i wanted to point out but overlooked, if you're a fighter then you need to be lifting weights especially if you're a LHW

I've always liked Vera so I hope he gets back on track, but I also hope Thiago's test comes back clean.

Vera has always had good takedown defense, except against a freak like Jon Jones. Thiago isn't known for being a wrestler or takedown guy, and the fact that he had no problem ripping him to the ground was striking to me. I didn't see that coming anyway. I kind of have a hunch he was doping. He never looked better physically, almost too good. But if this is a clean Silva, then he could be a real force and soon with his already deadly striking game.

let's not forget that Vera controlled that fight standing, but he couldnt get back up to save his life

i might have been a lil too harsh on vera but you have to be able to get back to your feet

Why is their suspicion on Silva? Because Vera thinks he was "TOO strong" or is there something else?

I don't think his test has come back where everyone else's did. Could be wrong though. But he looked fishy from the word go.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Why is their suspicion on Silva? Because Vera thinks he was "TOO strong" or is there something else?

Because all fighters tested after that fight card were clean except Thiago, who's test is currently "under review".

boomer sooner wrote:

Vera has always had good takedown defense, except against a freak like Jon Jones. Thiago isn't known for being a wrestler or takedown guy, and the fact that he had no problem ripping him to the ground was striking to me. I didn't see that coming anyway. I kind of have a hunch he was doping. He never looked better physically, almost too good. But if this is a clean Silva, then he could be a real force and soon with his already deadly striking game.

I don't think Thiago looked that much more ripped than he usually does in that fight. I remember when Leben got busted when he faught Bisping, he looked like a monster, I knew he'd doped because he looked WAY deferent then he'd ever looked before.

Leben looked shreaded and was pumped all threw the fight and even after lossing to Bisping he took the mic and was screaming at the UK crowd he was raging for sure.

I thought silva looked bigger against Vera