Silva-Machida off - ABA DSS

**bigevil69** · September 6th, 2008

The upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship show in England has lost one of its marquee fighters.MMA Weekly has confirmed that Thiago Silva has been forced out of his upcoming bout with Lyoto Machida at UFC 89 on Oct. 18 due to injury.
Thiago Silva has been very impressive in all of his UFC fights. He still sports an undefeated record in the Octagon, holding wins over fighters like Houston Alexander and Antonio Mendes.
MMAWeekly confirmed with sources close to the fight that Silva has been dealing with a back problem that will keep him out of the bout.
With the loss of Silva, the UFC will likely try to find another solid opponent for Machida as the fight was slated to be one of the bigger bouts on the Spike TV broadcast.
No word as of this time who will replace Silva, but the UFC still has more than six weeks until the fight, giving matchmaker Joe Silva plenty of time to work on a replacement

**SoDarkTheCon** · September 6th, 2008

Its a shame, would have been a great fight.

**sanchez1** · September 6th, 2008

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Originally Posted by SoDarkTheCon

Its a shame, would have been a great fight.

are you guys talking about spider silva??

**gibahca** · September 6th, 2008

No kidding man.
Keep spyder(anderson) silva away from injurys man.
Anyways what a shame.

**bigevil69** · September 6th, 2008

yes thats the one

**gibahca** · September 6th, 2008

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Originally Posted by bigevil69

yes thats the one

What you mean?

Anderson SPYDER silva is not the one.
Thiago silva is the guy from UFC89.

**bigevil69** · September 6th, 2008

i'm sorry
you're right
got them mixed up

**gibahca** · September 6th, 2008

Man was getting crazy here bigevil.
Spyder silva is a BIG lost to UFC man.

**bigevil69** · September 6th, 2008

i'm on some meds that has me a little loopy today thats why i'm not helping with any receiver questions---don't wrong to give bad info and fry someones box