UFC light heavyweight, Brandon Vera has been speaking about his last opponent, Thiago Silva, allegedly testing positive for performance enhancing drugs, explaining he is hoping for word soon from the athletic commission on whether or not the rumours are true.Speaking via Heavy.com, Vera said:
“I remember, the first things I said to one of my coaches – Master Lloyd Irvin – was, when I was in he hospital getting my nose fixed. I remember saying to my coach, I was in and out. I was still woozy. I said, ‘man, he was really strong.’ He said what do you mean? I said, ‘I’ve never felt anyone that strong before. I never mentioned that to anybody else until I heard something might be positive.”
“Nothing’s confirmed yet. For me, I want to know. Is it true, is it not? I know I’m back in the UFC. I want to know what happened. What’s going on with his test? For me, I need that answer. I need that answer so I know that it wasn’t me. It was something else.”
Vera also spoke about the news that he’s back with the Las Vegas based promotion because of the controversy, explaining it feels like a fresh beginning for him.“I felt like a new lease on life. I have a new shot. It has rejuvenated me. I feel refreshed. I’m doing things now that I used to do before I got in the UFC training-wise and just my attitude. I think it’s what I needed. I needed to be smacked in the face really hard and being fired was part of it.”
“I’ve been lying to myself telling myself that I was doing everything that I could to become a champion. I wasn’t. Now that I look back, I wasn’t doing everything that I was supposed to be doing. They gave me the second chance and I’m going to run with it.”
Vera is on his last life with the promotion after losing to Randy Couture, Jon Jones and now Thiago Silva, although the last fight could be ruled a no contest if the Brazilian is charged with taking banned substances. Stay tuned to MMABay for more on this and news on where Vera will return as we get it.
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