Jean Silva is an brutal fighter when he’s locked in a cage with one other man within the UFC, and a part of what makes him a ferocious fighter is a aspect he doesn’t talk about a lot publicly.
Set to battle featherweight veteran Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314, which matches down April 12 in Miami, Silva defined to MMA Combating the emotional that means behind the lock tattoo he has on his chest.
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“The lock has a diamond with mom’s identify proper underneath it, so nobody can contact these feelings,” Silva stated. “Right here’s the guts, my happiness. And the lock symbolizes many issues. And it’s an previous lock, from a nordic period, earlier than Christ, so possibly it’s a lock that solely actual feelings can open. It’s mainly that. Solely actual individuals by my aspect.”
Silva had a troublesome childhood as an overweight child, however turned his life round by martial arts. The identical could be stated about his mom, who conjures up him to grow to be a greater man and struggle adversities each inside and outdoors the cage.
“So nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing will cease me,” he continued. “Those that prepare with me know, those that are by my aspect each day say my head is out of the bizarre. I do know what I’m going to do.”
Silva is 15-2 as knowledgeable MMA fighter with a dozen knockouts to his credit score – 4 of these since becoming a member of the UFC in January 2024.
