Jean Silva Says 'Alter Ego' Took Over During Lengthy Walkout in UFC Debut

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Jean Silva claims he can’t explain much about the walkout for his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut.




Silva made his first promotional appearance at UFC Fight Night 234 against Westin Wilson. The Brazilian attracted a lot of eyeballs starting from his walkout right up to his victory celebration.

“Lord Assassin” took three minutes and 40 seconds for his walkout, all the while coldly staring into the camera. His overall Octagon time barely exceeded that, as he put on a dominant beating to earn a stoppage win at the 4:12 mark of Round 1. Silva then further added to his intrigue with a barking celebration.

Silva claims it is his alter ego, “Lord Assassin,” who takes over during his extended walkout.

“I’m going to apologize for not knowing how to answer this,” Silva said in a post-fight scrum. I’ve said this before, it’s another person, it’s someone else. I’ve given a name to my alter ego, that’s why ‘Lord Assassin’ came about like it’s another person. That’s why I have to apologize because I wouldn’t know how to answer what happens in the walkout.”

Silva credits his wife for helping control the alter ego when it appears outside of his fighting career.



 
I remember a day when you got away with stuff like this and they would have called you a little crazy.

Today everybody's called schizo, sociopathic, narcissistic, autistic, on the spectrum etc.
 
Silva credits his wife for helping control the alter ego when it appears outside of his fighting career.
Until the end I was still thinking, OK, the guy is really invested in MMA, etc...
Turns out he’s just mentally ill.

I say this as a joke, but it actually sucks if that’s not a misunderstanding.
Props to his wife (again, if this isn't just a joke), living with a psychotic person can be hell, even though meds often help. Said meds come with a terrible cost (not financial), there are the side effects, of course, but antipsychotics have a nasty tendency to muffle your vital impetus. Anyway your life doesn’t just becomes great all of a sudden, that’s for sure. All this to say , a lot of people with psychosis (and other psychological problems) stop taking their meds, for a lot of reasons, some of which are legitimate.

So yeah, the TL;DR is : hats off to people who stand by their mentally ill people.
 
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