Anderson Silva offers Ronda Rousey some advice

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Although Anderson Silva is one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in MMA history, he knows a lot about losing. The embarrassing, painful, question-your-future kind. So he has some advice for the ex-UFC champ Ronda Rousey.
Rousey suffered her second straight loss at UFC 207. It was a 48-second defeat that came after a yearlong layoff for someone who was once MMA’s biggest star and the division’s most dominant fighter.
Rousey has been pretty quiet since the loss, even after someone vandalized her home in California with graffiti.
It’s not clear if she will return to the cage.  However, Silva said Rousey’s critics needs to understand the immense pressure that goes into a fighting career, especially at the highest level.
“I always dealt very well with defeat, because I’ve had defeats early in my career at a time I couldn’t lose,” Silva recently told the Brazilian TV show Combate News. “If I lost, I couldn’t provide for my daughter and put money in the house. So losses are part of it.
“People need to understand that athletes train very hard to go up there. They train for four, five months. I, for one, at the time when I had the title for eight years, if during all those … years I was champion, if I spent … 10 days with my family, it’s a lot – because I was 100 percent dedicated to fighting and to giving it to my best, to bring some joy to the people. So when something like this happens, of people spray painting, criticizing, calling names, these people need to think about that. Because we’re there to do our jobs and show this work that’s not only ours, but also from a team that dedicated themselves for months.”
“After her first loss, I sent her a message,” Silva said. “Right then, I posted something on social media motivating her. I think regardless of what happened and what will happen in your life, you need to keep your head up because what you did will stay in history. Regardless of wins or losses, you need to care about what you see as the most important in your life.
“I hope 2017 is a year of many wins for you and new accomplishments, and that if you keep fighting, that you return well. The way I see it, personally and technically as a fighter, pick your opponents better when you return. Don’t fight someone who’s as active as the champ. I think it was the wrong strategy. I hope you come back. You’re a great athlete. God bless you.”

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