Jon Jones' camp fine with Anderson Silva rooting for Vitor Belfort at UFC 152

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

This week in Brazil, Anderson Silva expressed his support for Vitor Belfort against his friend Jon Jones, telling a Brazilian media outlet that he was pulling for his fellow Brazilian at UFC 152.

Jones' manager, Malki Kawa, responded to the comments in an interview with ESPN.com, and said their camp doesn't hold any ill will towards the Middleweight Champ for his thoughts.

"Anderson isn't saying anything bad about Jon,” Kawa said. “The heritage thing is taken into account and that's fine. I understand that."

“Anderson is a really good dude. He's always been really good to Jon. And Jon has always had a really good relationship with him. It should not affect anything."

Penick's Analysis: Silva's comments really were innocuous, and weren't likely to cause any rift between the two camps, but they did represent a tinge of hope for those wanting to see the two champions square off. Considering they've both said their friendship is in play for why they're not interested in a super fight, having something said that could have damaged that would open the door to that fight in the future. For now, there's nothing to see here, and Jones won't be taking offense to Silva rooting for his countryman.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_14258.shtml

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