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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"I think I did a great fight. I followed my strategy. I did my job. I think I did good. I can do better, but I think I did good... Definitely, I had a tough moment in my life. I made mistakes. I recognize it. But I'm doing my job right now. I'm training hard again, and right now I have a good team behind me to help me to beat everything again. I'm just going to work hard, you know? I'm going to do my best... I'm just very happy because I won this fight. I expect to fight more in the next year. I'm healthy right now. My back is real good. I just want to fight with tough guys, the top guys, and one day get the belt. That's what I'm looking for."
-Thiago Silva talks to MMAJunkie.com following his UFC on Fuel 6 win over Stanislav Nedkov, and talks about his joy in simply getting back on the winning track.
Penick's Analysis: Saturday was important for Silva. He lost his first fight back from suspension earlier this year to Alexander Gustafsson, and a loss here could have been impossible to bounce back from, and it may have sent him out of the UFC. But despite two ugly rounds to start the fight, Silva finished things off in the third round to earn his first win since 2009. It's a massive relief for him, and now that he's feeling healthy he can get back into the swing of things with a few more follow up wins as well. Saturday can either be a positive turning point, or an outlier, but if he's healthy and training better than in the past, getting that win on Saturday can be a new start for him.
[Thiago Silva art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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