The good news for Ultimate Fighting Champion Anderson Silva is that he did not suffer a serious injury at UFC 237 in his defeat to Jared Cannonier.
If you would have checked offers from Bwin, you would have seen that Silva was an underdog, but did put up a fight before he finally fell to Cannonier.
The defeat for Silva came in the first-round, a TKO loss in the co-main event of UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday night.
The ex-Middleweight title holder took a vicious heavy kick to the right knee, eventually collapsing and becoming easy prey for Cannonier, who took home the win in solid fashion, one of the biggest wins in his career to date.
There was concern after the fight, but Silva’s team knew he hadn’t suffered any fracture in the knee which is the best news of the night for the legendary fighter.
The kick was so vicious that some felt that Silva could have had damage to his ligaments. However, an MRI exam showed that his ligaments are intact and “The Spider” only needs physical therapy before returning to training.
The great Silva has to figure out a way to regroup and get back on track. He is now 34-10, with one no-contest, but has struggled a ton as of late, losing six of his last eight bouts since 2013.
The fighter was a winner in two occasions, defeating Derek Brunson and Nick Diaz via decision, but the win over Diaz was later overturned to a no-contest after both fighters tested positive for banned substances.
Silva has been toying with the idea of retiring, but a day after the UFC 237 loss, Silva released a statement on his social media suggesting he will not give up fighting and will push on, trying to recapture some of the glory of his past when he was one of the most feared fighters in the octagon.
”Until the limit, pain is your friend. It shows you’re not dead yet,” Silva wrote in Portuguese (transcript via Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting). “They say that great symbols become great targets. Maybe. But the most important thing is not to victimize yourself. If you fall, get up. If it’s broken, fix it. No giving up or thinking that you can’t because you lost one battle.
”The saying is, I’m going until the end and the more they pressure me, the more I’ll want to to go until the end. There’s nothing more wild than feeling sorry for yourself. An old lion, surrounded by hungry hyenas, crazy to eat him, and he stills fights until death without ever giving up or feeling sorry for himself. And it won’t be different with me. Strength and honor.”
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