I find it rather disrespectful that everyone here likes to dismiss Silva's entire career just by the laced supplements and the Weidman controversy that was all in post 2012. Prior to that he is the greatest the UFC ever had. He even gave Michael Bisping a hard time during Bisping's prime. You guys got to give Silva some credit, it's highly unlikely he is coked up on steroids like we would think WWE people do. Even pre-Weidman fights, he was always clean during his earlier years and rocked the roid fighters like Chael Sonnen. Honestly steroids make a person aggressive and irrational, tired and short breathed. It changes people emotionally over time, and Silva has still been the same. Whatever pain relievers he took to help out his broken leg just accidentally happened to have some illegal substance, which he does not know of, blame it on his nutritionist/dieter not himself. Like he would actually want to roid himself up, I highly doubt it. There's definitely some shady politics going on against this guy, and I think we should sympathize instead of just shit on his entire career over some controversy we don't truly know about.
Rants aside, I'm curious about Silva's background. Where did he look his boxing skills from? Chute boxing is more muay thai and jj, but where did he learn his boxing skills from? That, I am curious. His boxing skills are really good.