UFC News: Anderson Silva Admits That 'He Could Be Gay In The Future,' Has No Problem In Training Homosexuals

UFC icon Anderson Silva admitted that "he could be gay in the future" amidst circulating speculations about his sexuality.

Known as "The Spider" inside the octagon, the 39-year-old Brazilian dominated the UFC since 2006, which include 16 consecutive wins and 10 successful title defenses, before suffering two successive defeats to Chris Weidmann twice in 2013. Regardless of his bad boy image and intimidating presence, people around him might have taken his being organised and vain, to some extent, as an indication of homosexuality.

"They tease me. Sometimes people think I'm gay," he told Brazilian lifestyle magazine Trip.

"A lot of people have asked me if I'm gay. I answer, 'Look, not to my knowledge. But, I'm still young, it could be that in the future I'll find out that I'm gay.' I take good care of my things, I put everything in a bag, I use soap, I put on a cream after training."

"People think it's capricious. To each his own. Doesn't mean you're more man or less man, more gay or less gay."

While mixed martial arts is a testosterone-filled sport, he maintained that he would not have any problem in training a homosexual male and even encouraged them to come out in the open.

"I don't think there's prejudice, but there's a lot of homosexuals in mixed martial arts. There are a lot of them who haven't yet come out,"

"[If they were to come out,] nowadays it's so silly to not express your feelings. As long as you respect people's spaces, and respect their limits."

"You have to live your life in peace and no one has anything to do with that."

"I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it."

"The fact that guy is gay doesn't mean he's going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren't gay."

"He can do whatever he wants with his private life"

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