Anderson Silva will look to keep his UFC record, 10-fight win streak, going when he faces Demian Maia to defend his middleweight title at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi on April 10.

Maia stepped in against Silva to replace an injured Vitor Belfort just a few days after defeating Dan Miller at UFC 109. Maia is 12-1 in his career, and is known as one of the best grapplers in MMA, taking home "Submission of the Night" honors four times in his seven UFC appearances.

Anderson Silva seized the UFC middleweight title in just his second fight with the organization by way of a brutal first-round knockout of Rich Franklin at UFC 64 back in 2006. Silva has held the belt ever since, though he's also made two successful forays up to the light-heavyweight division. His last fight was at UFC 101, where he scored a first-round knockout of former light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin. Silva has a career record of 25-4, but has never lost in the UFC.

Silva recently spoke to Tatame.com to discuss his training to face Maia, and how the change in opponents has affected his preparations.

You can view the transcribed version of the interview in English below:

Originally you were supposed to face Vitor (Belfort), and now that has been changed to Demian Maia. You have already made it clear you prefer to fight foreigners, but you will be facing a Brazilian. Does that bother you?

It's alright, there's no problem. It's a great opportunity, not only for him but for me as well. I'll do my job, he'll do his, that's not a problem man.

Even though Vitor is a black belt in jiu-jitsu, he likes to keep the fight standing. Demian is the exact opposite. How does that affect your training?

We are training for him. We will just need to adapt our gameplan. Some are black belts, others brown or purple...but me, I'm black all-over (laughs).

In the last fight, he (Maia) changed his strategy and fought Dan Miller standing up. Did you watch that fight?

I haven't seen it yet, man. I've been so focused on my own practice here, I'm not watching anything. I've avoided getting on the internet, I haven't given interviews. I'm very focused now on doing my job well and making sure everything is in place to succeed. Regardless of whether I win or lose, I'm not too concerned about this circus. I'm worried about doing my job.

Sylvio Behring, your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach, praised your ground game and said that if you focused on Jiu-Jitsu the way you devote yourself to Muay Thai, you could be one of the best (grapplers) in the world.

Master Sylvio is giving me great strength, and everyone on the team really helps me out. We have Andre Galvao, (Ronaldo) Jacare, (Rafael) Feijao, and Ramon (Lemos) who are coming to help with my training. I have many people helping me, and I think I am gradually improving. With the training that we have, you see results. I have trained in Jiu-Jitsu for a long time. I have never fought in any of the big (Jiu-Jitsu) tournaments like Galvao or Jacare, but I have been training with the gi for a long time. I'm not at the level of Andre Galvao or Jacare, but I'm learning, and I think one of the coolest things in life is when you can develop yourself like this.

My goal is to always learn...

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