“I knew I was right and tonight proved I was right, Anderson Silva should never fight again” Dana White unhappy with letting Anderson Silva fight Uriah Hall


“I knew I was right and tonight proved I was right, Anderson Silva should never fight again” Dana White unhappy with letting Anderson Silva fight Uriah Hall
Silva during his fight against Hall

Former middleweight champion Anderson Silva took on Uriah Hall in what had been built as the farewell match of his career. “The Spider” suffered a fourth-round TKO loss, which was his seventh defeat in his past nine fights. This wasn’t the farewell fans were expecting he would get; but it looks the Brazillian might just stick around.

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With one more fight remaining on his current deal, Silva is still contractually obligated to the UFC. And considering he was hesitant to actually announce that he was hanging up his gloves for good, who knows. But UFC president Dana White is clear that Silva is done; in fact he even added that he regretted letting Silva fight at all.

“I made a big mistake, I shouldn’t have let him fight this fight tonight,”; Dana White on Silva’s fight

White was frustrated that Silva refused to actually confirm his retirement. “He’s got one [fight left on his contract] and we had a deal. When he signed this contract, we had a deal that this would be his last fight,” White explained at the UFC Vegas 12 post fight press conference.

Talking about the fight. White added that it fell short of expectations, given the hype it got. “He fought a guy that has absolutely zero output,” White said about Hall’s performance. “They’re in a five-round main event on ESPN, they threw 11 punches in the f*king second round. You fight any of these other savages, he’ll be in big trouble and he’ll take a sht load of punishment. Uriah Hall threw 11 punches in the second round. Uriah Hall’s one of the most gun shy fighters in the UFC. Look at Anderson. When the fight was over, he couldn’t stand to do his interview. He had to sit down to do his interview.”

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“I made a big mistake,” White stated. “I shouldn’t have let him fight this fight tonight but out of respect to him, he’s a legend of this sport and a legend of this company, I did something that I disagreed with. I knew I was right and tonight proved I was right. Anderson Silva should never fight again.”

Although this sounds bad, White actually has much reason behind this decision. “I’m in a really hard position right now because this is a guy that I care about. This is a guy that’s been with the company for a long time. He’s a legend of this company and I don’t want to sit up here and just sh*t on him. But he’s almost 46 years old and unless you’re trying to save your f*king life or defend your family, no 46-year-old should be fighting, Period,” he added.

With Silva still having one more fight left, it is unclear what the UFC plans to do. But, it is pretty much confirmed that Hall was Silva’s last fight.

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