Wanderlei Silva Drug Tests Himself, Calls Out Belfort

Tatame: Do you think that you had your image scratched by this situation?

“Not at all, I think the opposite. Everything was cleared, explained. I appeared in the hearing, admitted my mistake. Who is with me, understood. This controversy that went out in the internet was small, it was from a irrelevant half dozen of people. I have more people with me than against me. After that, I became more known. New people came to my gym, thank God. I’m in one of the most popular moments of my career.”

Tatame: Why did you take the diuretic?

“My elbow was too sore. I was taking a punch in the arm and paralysing myself. The anti-inflammatory medicine wasn’t working anymore. I took the corticoids and, according to my doctor, they were supposed to leave my body in a week or ten days. I started to retain liquid. I took the diuretic to eliminate the liquid quickly. Then, a guy from the commision appeared in my gym a month before my fight. I knew that I was going to fall in the test. For lay people, doesn’t matter what is it. If you fell, you were using doping. I had invested already about 40 thousand dollars in my preparation and other stuff. Nobody wants to know about this. My purse was going to be one of the biggest in the UFC history. I was the most affected with cancelation of this fight. Constructive criticism I can take, they are welcome. Criticism that are there just to hurt you, I pass. I know who I am and what I did. A friend is a friend and a motherfucker is a motherfucker.”

Tatame: What did you think about Sonnen’s decision of retirement?

It was that moment thing. He retired because he was going to stay a year out of competition but I think that he will come back. When this period has passed, he will be back and we will fight against each other.

Tatame: Who do you expect to fight when you come back to the octagon?