Which brings him to Las Vegas and his meeting with Silva. This is Wilson’s first fight since a loss in his short-term UFC debut in July against Joanderson Brito, so you knew he’d be back to at least try to get back into the win column; but, more importantly, the 34-year-old from Simpsonville, South Carolina, wants to show what he can do on the sport’s biggest stage with a full training camp.
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“Hell yeah,” he laughed. “Ten days versus ten weeks. Maybe even more than 10 weeks. But you know what to expect. You experienced it. You can view the whole process. You can visualize what your fight week will be like. You can visualize the magnitude of the weight reduction, you know what the parts look like. For me, everything is exactly the same. There is no more guessing or imagining.
This time, all that matters is the fight, which seems simple enough, but for Wilson, this second round comes with the same doubters that showed up during the Brito fight. It’s annoying, sure, but Wilson takes it all in stride.