Wanderlei Silva Wants Rematch With Rich Franklin
Reported by: Patrick Boucher of MMAinsiders.com - 6/14/09
Although Wanderlei Silva came up short last night, losing a deicision to Rich Franklin, Silva has his sights on continuing to fight and hoping for a rematch.
UFC president Dana White continued to leave the door open for Wanderlei Silva at the press conference when he said, "Wanderlei Silva's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. He's become a big part of our team. We care about this guy. He's around all the time. He works out in the gym and we'd love to keep him around no matter what he decides to do," said White. "It's one of those things where we'll get back to Vegas and we'll call Wanderlei in, we'll sit down and talk to him and see what he wants to do."
White said the two would discuss his future when they return home to Las Vegas, Silva was quick to make a decision as to what he would like to do; a rematch with Franklin.
"Please, I want a rematch Dana (White). You're the boss, but I want a rematch," Silva pleaded to the UFC president. "I want to fight Rich Franklin again. Judges sometimes have an opinion, but I'm thinking I want to fight Rich Franklin again. I want a rematch."
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