Anderson Silva Talks Gameplan

Anderson Silva speaks on why he decided to play it safe in the first three rounds:

“There are many people saying I was disrespecting Cote, but this is absolutely not true,” Silva told Sherdog.com. “My game plan since the beginning was fight five rounds, inducing him to commit mistakes and capitalize on that during the first three rounds and look for the knockout during the fourth and fifth rounds. It was working, and the biggest proof of that is that I almost didn’t waste any blows. I connected with a couple of good punches and knees, but unfortunately he got hurt and the fight was over. This is not my fault.”

I’m surprised Silva was so respective of Cote’s punching power. He didn’t seem too worried about Leben’s power, when he decimated him in the first round. His plan was working as planned, maybe he just wanted to a good aerobic workout. Here’s hoping he learned something for all this. Destroy your opponent in the first couple round or feel the wrath of the mainstream blogger press!