RIO DE JANEIRO – Jared Cannonier knows the deal. He’s going into Brazil, where they cheer passionately for their countrymen and aren’t necessarily friendly to the opposition. This effect is only magnified when you fight a legend of the game in Anderson Silva , which is what Cannonier (11-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) will do in Saturday’s middleweight co-headliner at UFC 237. But the MMA Lab competitor knows this and insists he isn’t sweating what type of reaction he’ll get when he steps into the cage. “I don’t have to deal with it,” Cannonier told MMA Junkie on Thursday
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Jared Cannonier plans to ‘raise some eyebrows’ with UFC 237 win over Anderson Silva – MMA Junkie