Danny Silva met the media Saturday after his win over Kurtis Campbell at UFC Fight Night 270.
Silva (11-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) took out Campbell (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) quickly into the second round with a TKO to open up the main card at The O2 in London.
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Silva said he put pressure on himself to bounce back from his loss to recent featherweight headliner Kevin Vallejos this past August, but pulled off the upset in hostile territory in part, he said, with inspiration from his coach Cub Swanson.
“I put a little more pressure on myself, but it’s been my dream to come to London and fight,” Silva told the UFC after his win. “Cub fought here against Dustin Poirier and I want to continue this legacy with such a great friend of mine, and just try to carry it on with our team.”
Although Silva was a sizable underdog in the fight, he was left short of a life-changing $100,000 post-fight bonus and instead had to settle for a $25,000 finish bonus while a bigger check went to a 9-1 betting favorite, instead.
Silva said he’ll fight anyone – but he’ll be chasing redemption from the loss to Vallejos until he gets another crack at him.
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“We just saw what he did to a lot of good fighters, and he wasn’t able to do that to me,” Silva said. “I thought it was a very controversial fight. I know a lot of people – at least my biased fans – saw that I had done enough. But I’m going to be chasing him until we fight again, and hopefully he’s in the top 10 or top five. But I’m willing to go through anybody.”
Check out Silva’s post-fight interview in the video below.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: After UFC London, Danny Silva willing to chase Vallejos redemption
