Anderson Silva Plans To Fight Again; Wants Nick Diaz Rematch

Anderson Silva was recently interviewed on the street by TMZ Sports about his recent failed drugs test at UFC 183 and who he’d like to fight next. Read our keynotes from the conversation below or just scroll down to watch the video for yourselves.

– Silva claims he was shocked when he heard that he had tested positive for steroids and says he doesn’t know what happened.

– He admits that the situation is bad for him, but he doesn’t believe his reputation has been tarnished and he’s adamant that he took nothing that would have affected his performance during his fight with Nick Diaz at UFC 183.

– The former middleweight champion reveals that he does plan to fight again and it seems that he has his sights set on fighting Nick Diaz again.

– Finally, when Silva is told that rapper 50 Cent plans on betting $1.6 million on Floyd Mayweather Jr to beat Manny Pacquiao, he jokes that he should take that money and bet it on him beating Diaz again instead.

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