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[Cat--Smasher]

Anderson Silva Has No Plans of Retiring Any Time Soon

When asked about rumors that he might retire after his UFC 148 main event fight against Chael Sonnen – win, lose or draw – Silva was happy to put those to rumors to rest.

“Nope,” Silva answered with a sly look on his face.

For years, Silva has toyed with the idea of retirement and maybe with good reason.

He’s entering his 10th consecutive title defense, already a record he owns in the UFC history books; he’s been undefeated since 2006 (when he lost by disqualification, but otherwise hasn’t been defeated since 2004); and he faced almost every top ranked middleweight over the last six years.

Anderson Silva Has No Plans of Retiring Any Time Soon | MMAWeekly.com

[CtGreat]

If he beats Chael, I want him to retire.

[_DCdoctr_]

Originally Posted by CtGreat

If he beats Chael, I want him to retire.

Get out while the gettin's good? Nah, he still has some good fights to take.




BP

[mmawolverine]

obviously im rooted for chael but if anderson wins i dont want the guy to retire he just now is starting to get the recognition he deserves, he deserves to be globally recognized as an icon of the sport, fedor is gone this is anderson's time to shine, only thing standing in his way is an american gangster.

[Y2JUBAE]

Why quit now, he is still tooling the best fighters in the world. Chael is going to get demolished lol.

[Masscore]

I would really like to see him jump into the shark tank that is LHW. Would love to see how he would do against the likes of Evans, Shogun, Bader and Jones. The only thing that really hurts his legacy in my eyes is the fact his record is littered with a bunch of so-so fighters. Cote, Lietes, Lutter, Irvin, Marquadt and Leben just to name a few. His best win is Hendo but after that it's either Franklin or Forrest. And while Franklin and Forrest are good fighters neither of them are going to go down as all time greats. So I would really like to see him jump up and join the deep waters of LHW.

[VimyRidge]

Originally Posted by mmawolverine

obviously im rooted for chael but if anderson wins i dont want the guy to retire he just now is starting to get the recognition he deserves, he deserves to be globally recognized as an icon of the sport, fedor is gone this is anderson's time to shine, only thing standing in his way is an american gangster.

Hopefully he moves up to 205 instead of fighting the "big" threat of GSP...

[Sniggles]

Originally Posted by Masscore

I would really like to see him jump into the shark tank that is LHW. Would love to see how he would do against the likes of Evans, Shogun, Bader and Jones. The only thing that really hurts his legacy in my eyes is the fact his record is littered with a bunch of so-so fighters. Cote, Lietes, Lutter, Irvin, Marquadt and Leben just to name a few. His best win is Hendo but after that it's either Franklin or Forrest. And while Franklin and Forrest are good fighters neither of them are going to go down as all time greats. So I would really like to see him jump up and join the deep waters of LHW.

I would happen to agree with you. I have felt the same way about Silva for a couple years now. I slowly went from intense adulation to indifference. Anderson has reigned over the MW division for far too long. Anderson has the size (Oversized for his division - much like GSP) and ability to make the leap to LHW but apparently he is not up to the challenge. The man is now getting old and will no doubt look to retire at MW while moulding his own legacy of utter dominance in his own division, rather than absolute domination.

Anderson Silva will undoubtedly have legendary status but he will always have his detractors due to the reasons you listed.

[KevoOnTheRadio]

Originally Posted by Masscore

I would really like to see him jump into the shark tank that is LHW. Would love to see how he would do against the likes of Evans, Shogun, Bader and Jones. The only thing that really hurts his legacy in my eyes is the fact his record is littered with a bunch of so-so fighters. Cote, Lietes, Lutter, Irvin, Marquadt and Leben just to name a few. His best win is Hendo but after that it's either Franklin or Forrest. And while Franklin and Forrest are good fighters neither of them are going to go down as all time greats. So I would really like to see him jump up and join the deep waters of LHW.

Totally. He says he doesn't want to fight Jones, don't fight Jones. But fights against Rampage, Shogun, and Evans would be great.

[MIZjitsZOU]

I am on the fence with this. Part of me says if you can be the greatest at 185 then their is no reason to go up. Part of me says go up and test yourself. Either way Anderson is one of, if not, the greatest. I would love to see him fight Shogun.