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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Brazilian jiu jitsu trainer Pablo Popovitch, one of the two individuals alleged as victims in Thiago Silva's arrest on Thursday, has released a statement regarding the incident at his school in South Florida.
Suffice it to say, Popovitch's comment from Facebook is quite diplomatic:
"Concerning the incident that took place at Academy last night. During our evening class, at around 7:45pm. Thiago Silva was outside sitting in his car honking the horn non-stop. Thaysa went outside to talk to Thiago to understand what was happening and saw a gun. After that, I went to see what was happening and also saw that he had a gun. He seemed to be under the influence of some type of drug whether alcohol or drugs. My staff notified the police at that time, and soon after the police arrived. He took off and the police went after him.
Thaysa has been separated and living alone since December of 2012. Thiago has been charged with battery in the past and was seeing other girls and moving on with his own life.
It's very unfortunate that this had to happen, the last thing I wanted [was] to see Thiago in this manner. I wish him all the best and hope this will soon be over."
Penick's Analysis: There are a lot of little issues which ultimately boiled over into the incidents of this past week. It's clear that, outside of those directly involved, it's impossible to put together why Silva acted the way he did, or what exactly it was that brought things to this level. Popovitch is approaching this very carefully, and it's probably the right way to do things given how volatile the situation became. No one wants to see these types of incidents, and unfortunately for Silva, this latest in a long line of issues has landed him in jail, where he's likely to spend a considerable amount of time.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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