Anderson Silva may not be familiar with the Olympics drug testing policy because he’s said that he’d like to represent Brazil in Taekwondo during the 2016 Olympics.
“Everyone knows that for a high performance athlete, the Olympic games are the dream of every athlete, and so it would be no different with me,” wrote Silva, according to a federation press release (via Google translate). “When I won the title of ambassador of the sport by president Carlos Fernandes, this feeling started to get even stronger and, in my country, the Olympic spirit made me very motivated.
“It will be a great pleasure to be part of this team and that gold has a serious institution, led by president Carlos Fernandes … along with his entire team. So I leave here registered my desire to represent Taekwondo and Brazil in Rio 2016 Olympic Games with all my esteem, strength and honor.”
I get it, I honestly do.
He has to do something if he is suspended from the UFC and he isn’t getting any younger. Just a few years ago Silva was considered the greatest MMA fighter ever and now he’s relegated to little more than a side show.
We will see if this is just him talking mess, like his Roy Jones Jr. fight dreams, or if it’s a legit option for the former UFC champ.