Thales Leites ready to fight Anderson Silva

Thales Leites insists he is ready to fight fellow Brazilian fighter Anderson Silva on Saturday night at UFC 97.

Leites is feeling confident and prepared, he told Fanhouse.com in an e-mail interview today.

He told Fanhouse.com: “I think he (Anderson Silva) is one of the best
pound-for-pound fighters in the world. My opinion is Anderson Silva,
B.J. Penn, Georges St. Pierre and Fedor Emelianenko.”

He continued: “My training is going very well and I’m feeling very
strong. I’m training twice every single day for this fight, and I’m
working on everything, including a lot of Muay Thai, boxing, wrestling
and jiu jitsu.”

He added on the fact that he is fighting a fellow Brazilian for the UFC
title: “It is a great pleasure. It means a lot to me. This fight is
important because it’s the first time we have a Brazilian vs. a
Brazilian for a UFC title, I’m fighting against one of the living
legends of MMA, one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in MMA
history. It’s the biggest opportunity of my life, the biggest fight of
my life.”

Tags: Anderson Silva, B.J. Penn, Fedor Emelianenko, Georges St. Pierre, UFC