Claudio Silva will look to halt a two-bout skid when he faces Nicolas Dalby at UFC London on Saturday.
The London-based Brazilian known as “Hannibal” recently considered calling it quits but instead looked to American Top Team for motivation, and he found it in the form of training partner Francisco Trinaldo.
“What I did differently was train at ATT. I hurt my knee; I even thought about stopping fighting and return to England. Conan [Silveira] and ‘Parrumpinha’ told me to stay there with them,” Silva said. “And then I saw ‘Massaranduba,’ 43 years old, training hard, and you can't help but be inspired.