Lightweight Joaquim Silva took questions from the press ahead of his co-main event matchup with Arman Tsarukyan on Saturday …
hey bro I’m feeling good I’m free I’m very excited for for its Matt’s fight and Irma is great it’s great guys I have a great great game for MMA it’s good transition good wrestling so uh I have a good plan for for for for your game um I’m very excited and uh what was your initial reaction when you um when you found out you got the nod to face Armand sarukin in the co-main event I mean walking for its moment you know for me I five rounds but three this is It’s okay but yeah and I mean I’m training a lot for my whole life uh this is uh fight for me is my my life my style you know and I’m still refused I told you seven years this is my moment uh I walk for for its moment you know I’m very excited I’m so happy and uh fellow UFC lightweight and a friend of yours Grant Dawson said not too long ago that both you and Armin were at ATT leading up to this and he said that he was on one side of the mat and you were on the other and he described it as weird um how would you describe that experience knowing your opponent was almost close to you basically remember uh for me this doesn’t matter you know I don’t have a feeling about it these guys I think this guy is this good guy man I look at him two times in my day and this is good this for me is really good because uh just help me you know I look him training I’m trying to I train more you know and both the train separate because of several quotes I have Partners on Luke my training and but they have a problem you know and I after this fight armor because for opportunity you know this is number eight and number nine I don’t remember exactly but it’s just this is good for me it’s a big opportunity you know I mean very happy I don’t have a feeling inside about it you know yeah like you said he’s a top 10 guy what would a win over Armin mean for you Saturday night bro I mean we’re not Moon Saturday night because I I need buy my home I need money you know I moved from for Florida and it’s my my new life here I need money for for this but buy my home first start my life here and ideas I know I know put pressure for top 10 or stuff like that and Jeff I I I need I need put my life here right now I need money I need my double check and uh last one for me uh official prediction for you so sorry any predictions for you for this fight oh Peach of Seattle everyone and I I put my in my my mind three halves because I’m my stuff guy and faster is I have a good background and and mix it up in MMA but I put three halves I mean training a lot uh you know those Grant also helped me inspiring helped me a lot in in wrestling and Francisco to Ronaldo and so this is my coaches and I’m I’m so I’m so excited and I think I’m a rainbow I mean 100 to put in my mind my mind very strong right now there’s some uh some fans and some some people don’t even know that you’ve been in the UFC since 2015. and I I’m guessing that’s because you only fight once a year um why is that bro I have a different problems life is hard sometimes you know I broke my hand I broke my my hand two times as I have a problem with my knee and I lost my dad this is is mesh my my mind so is that what different problems you know and I think this is years different for me I’m feeling good I know I haven’t hurt my body Heaven wanting and yeah I think this is a new moment for me I think we’re more active UFC you know it’s more one more I think he August or September fight in November one more fight you know has it been frustrating not being able to be as active as you wish yeah this is frustrated for me a lot and I looked at my friends and looked at people’s fighting like three times in one year and you know four times but this is this is fine uh shits happen and but uh I look my life I’m very excited I’m feeling blessed and always for Micah here for my lifestyle for me to stay here you know I’d be very happy I I don’t have a like a bad feelings or I’ll talk about it this you know I’m so happy I’m so excited I always awesome thank you foreign