(This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) For seven years, Brazilian Anderson Silva held onto the UFC middleweight title with an iron grip. But this past week, he found himself trying to answer the question why he and several of his countrymen had lost theirs in recent years. “Brazilians forgot some things to focus more on other things,” ventured Silva, who ceded the belt to New Yorker Chris Weidman in July 2013.
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Anderson Silva explains why all UFC champs could soon be American – MMA Junkie