Anderson Silva said he is content to leave the Octagon in his rearview mirror.
The former UFC middleweight champion told ESPN that his career as a MMA fighter is over.
“I think MMA for me is done,” Silva, 46, told the network. “Because it’s hard to train MMA. It’s hard to stay training in a good level because you hurt yourself a lot. Now I just try to enjoy. I don’t need to prove nothing for anybody. I just try to enjoy every single moment I fight in different sports. And that’s it.”
Silva isn’t leaving combat sports entirely.
He is slated to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in a boxing match June 19 in Mexico. Silva owns a 1-1 career record as a boxer.
Silva has…
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