FORTALEZA, Brazil – Had things worked out the way he planned, Leandro Silva (11-0-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) might have been in Brazil preparing for this month’s FIFA Confederations Cup rather than UFC on FUEL TV 10. “I actually started training in martial arts at 20 years old,” Silva told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) in his native Portuguese. “Before that, I was a soccer player and almost made it professional. I played around Sao Paulo and Santa Catarina. “Ultimately it wasn’t my destiny, and I became frustrated with not reaching my objective
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With soccer dreams scrapped, UFC on FUEL TV 10′s Leandro Silva turned to MMA – MMA Junkie