A decade after transferring to america in search of a greater future as MMA fighter, Bruno Silva flew again to his native Piracicaba, Brazil, to arrange for his UFC 316 conflict with Joshua Van on June 7.
“Bulldog” spent years of his life as a teammate and key coaching associate of Henry Cejudo in Arizona and did his most up-to-date coaching camp at American High Workforce. Stopped by Manel Kape in December 2024, which snapped a four-fight bonus streak with 4 knockouts, the flyweight veteran determined to go away Florida for a breathe of contemporary air within the small city 100 miles exterior Sao Paulo.
“I’m single and was just about on my own there,” Silva advised MMA Combating. “I used to be staying at American High Workforce for six of seven months, and it’s good that you just’re within the gymnasium, however you’re confined there, you don’t depart the gymnasium, and I used to be type of unhappy there, you realize? And right here I’ve good gyms in my hometown, I’ve bodily remedy. I’m the one UFC man right here, I do know good fighters within the space, so I made a decision to come back and be at my dad and mom’ home, be near the household this time. To be happier.”
As a rising prospect, it made sense to dwell inside a gymnasium and focus solely on making it as knowledgeable athlete. At 35 years of age, and having fought eight occasions below the UFC banner plus $200,000 pocketed in efficiency bonuses and battle purses, Silva felt it was time for a change.
Silva has lived inside Workforce Nogueira in Rio de Janeiro, at Cejudo’s home in Arizona, at Pitbull Brothers in Natal, and Florida’s American High Workforce. He doesn’t rule out going again to Arizona after UFC 316 to coach with Henry’s brother Angel Cejudo. For now, nevertheless, he celebrates being below his dad and mom’ wings just like the previous days.
“I’ve achieved this for a very long time in my life,” Silva stated. “I used to be feeling down these previous few years so I made a decision to be nearer to household now. Time doesn’t come again. We are able to win a refund, however not time.”
The Van conflict was initially deliberate for UFC 313 on March 8, however the Brazilian opted to withdraw from the cardboard as a consequence of an accumulation of accidents to his ribs, hand and arm that led to him not coaching correctly for fight. Van gained a choice over his alternative Rei Tsuruya to enhance his profitable streak to 3, and they’re going to lastly collide Saturday in Newark.
“It’s an excellent battle,” Silva stated. “He’s very powerful, he’s rising within the division, and he’s very younger. It’s an excellent match-up for me, you realize? I’m ranked for a few years now so nothing is new for me. I’m already used to all this. Coaching with Cejudo for therefore a few years, after which all these badasses at American High Workforce, nothing is completely different from what I’m used to coping with. Carry it on.”
Silva laments the very fact he was overconfident in his putting forward of the Kape bout after 4 knockouts in a row, and offers props to Kape for “his greatest efficiency but” within the UFC. After studying from his errors, “Bulldog” stated he’s “wholesome and pleased” to chase one other knockout and one other $50,000 bonus within the promotion to get him again on the race for a shot on the belt.
“We at all times need fights that match up properly with our kinds however I’ve no identify in thoughts but,” Silva stated of who’s subsequent after a win at UFC 316. “We need to battle the very best. Who is aware of, possibly Brandon Royval after he fights Kape now? That might be an excellent identify for me. Of Tim Elliott, who’s a bit older and is preventing [Kai] Asakura now. All of them could be good fights for me.”
