Matt Mitrione vs. Joe Silva
After he left the UFC for Bellator, heavyweight fighter Matt Mitrione claimed he once kicked matchmaker Joe Silva following a fight.
“Anyone who’s ever listened to me fight or my interviews, knows how much I despise that small cage, and Joe Silva lied to me and told me it’s the big cage so I would take the fight,” Mitrione said on The MMA Hour show.
This angered ‘Meathead’ so much that following his first round TKO loss to Roy Nelson he lashed out at Silva.
“If you go back and watch the film, I kicked Joe Silva in the stomach right after the fight. I literally threw a bodykick and kicked him in the stomach.
“He’s like ‘Matt I had gall bladder surgery.’
“[I said,] ‘You shouldn’t have lied to me then.’”
