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Wanderlei Silva Gives Indication He May Retire After Rampage Jackson Fight

Silva has been fighting since 1996.

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Wanderlei Silva gives another indication that may call it a pro-MMA career following his next bout with Quinton Jackson that is slated to go down next month.

Bellator MMA is going back for more and is hoping that fight fans around the world are interested in seeing Silva fight Jackson for the fourth time.

Jackson was recently active in the Bellator cage as he lost in the eight-man tournament’s quarterfinals. However, he fell short to former title contender Chael Sonnen at Bellator 192. The former UFC light heavyweight champion Jackson has fought as a heavyweight for his past three bouts.

This fight would make sense at heavyweight due to the fact that Jackson has gone on record in previous interviews by stating that he suffers from a thyroid condition. For those who don’t know, by having it, it makes the cut to light heavyweight too difficult.

Silva returned to action from an extended layoff this past June. But was defeated by Sonnen over three rounds on pay-per-view at Bellator NYC at Madison Square Garden.

Now to the history between these two fighters. Silva and Jackson have faced off three times under two different promoters. By looking at the history books, Silva won the first two in the now-defunct PRIDE, while Jackson won the third in the UFC.

Wanderlei Silva Gives Another Indication

Silva announced over the weekend that he is going to run for a position in the Chamber of Deputies. It appears that he’s going to retire from MMA should his political aspirations come to true. The MMA Legend wrote the following on his Instagram account as Wanderlei Silva gives the truth:

”Our time is coming!” Wand wrote on his Instagram. “As I am happy with so many demonstrations of support, I am putting my name at the disposal of your brothers. We will not have stickers, sound cars, painted murals, nobody will pay 100 to receive 50! You see this candidate spending a lot of time opening eyes, my campaign will be the campaign of Gandhi: simple with the ideals of love and honesty and friendship.”

New Career

Silva told MMA Fighting that this is a new career for him and it could impact his MMA career and decision to retire.

“I’m facing this as maybe it is my last fight,” Silva said. “I will run for federal deputy now. It’s a new career, a new time in my life. I’m seeing the need for it. There are guys being elected that have no business being there.A bunch of poor guys, dishonest guys that steal from the people. You have to put guys that have an ideal. Already have money to live so they don’t need to steal from the people.”

The promotion has already announced that Silva vs. Jackson would go down on the September 29th card in San Jose, California at the SAP Center.

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Wanderlei Silva Says He’ll Make Rampage Jackson’s Spirit Run Away

Wanderlei Silva wants to break the will of Quinton Jackson in their fourth meeting. Silva and “Rampage” are set to clash once again on Sept. 29. On that same Bellator card, middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and welterweight title holder …

Wanderlei Silva wants to break the will of Quinton Jackson in their fourth meeting. Silva and “Rampage” are set to clash once again on Sept. 29. On that same Bellator card, middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and welterweight title holder Rory MacDonald will collide for the 185-pound gold. This will be Bellator’s first card airing on […]

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Already-Jacked Vitor Belfort Is Teasing Several Huge Fights

Vitor Belfort is already getting tired of retirement.

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It’s been less than two months since UFC legend Vitor Belfort retired following his brutal knockout loss to fellow Brazilian Lyoto Machida at May’s UFC 224 from Rio de Janeiro, but it looks like ‘The Phenom’ is already itching to fight.

After he made a post on social media where it looked like he was well on his way back to his ripped TRT-era form, Belfort followed it with a post that referred back to his legendary highlight reel knockout over former Pride champion Wanderlei Silva, who is now scheduled to face Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in Bellator this fall.

But that wasn’t the only former high-profile name Belfort hinted at, also calling out several former UFC champions. Check it out:

‘The Phenom’ is perhaps trying to get his name on the rumored Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz fight supposedly promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, yet his gameplan for calling out these onetime rulers of the octagon is somewhat curious.

Wand will face ‘Rampage,’ Liddell and Ortiz will most likely meet one another, and Bisping and Henderson are retired without any indication they’ll come back to the fight game.

So it looks like Befort is already missing the rush of the sport he was such a huge part of for over 20 years. Of course, he could just be reminiscing, but from the looks of him only a short while after he retired, he could at least be seriously considering a comeback.

Does a future in Bellator or even Rizin FF await the Brazilian slugger who may be rethinking that recent retirement?

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Wanderlei Silva Teases Retirement After Quinton Jackson Fight

Wanderlei Silva may call it a career following his fourth bout with Quinton Jackson.

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Wanderlei Silva may call it a career following his next bout with Quinton Jackson.

Bellator MMA is going back for more and is hoping that fight fans around the world are interested in seeing Silva fight Jackson for the fourth time.

Jackson was recently active in the Bellator cage as he lost in the eight-man tournament’s quarterfinals by falling short to former title contender Chael Sonnen at Bellator 192.

The former UFC light heavyweight champion Jackson has fought as a heavyweight for his past three bouts.

This fight would make sense at heavyweight due to the fact that Jackson has gone on record in previous interviews by stating that he suffers from a thyroid condition that makes the cut to light heavyweight too difficult.

Silva returned to action from an extended layoff this past June but was defeated by Sonnen over three rounds on pay-per-view at Bellator NYC at Madison Square Garden.

Now to the history between these two fighters. Silva and Jackson have faced off three times under two different promoters.

By looking at the history books, Silva won the first two in the now-defunct PRIDE, while Jackson won the third in the UFC.

The promotion has already announced that Silva vs. Jackson would go down on the September 29th card in San Jose, California at the SAP Center. The event numbering is still TBA. Following Tuesday’s press conference, Silva teased that he could end up retiring after this fight.

Silva told MMAjunkie at the conference that he’ll be on the ballot for a spot on the Brazilian equivalent of Congress, which could impact his MMA career.

“I’m not going to accept money from anybody,” he said. “I’m going to use the media to promote my name because I want to be there with my hands clean, to be different.”

“Maybe this is going to be my last fight, and after, I’ll go to the next step,” he said. “I train more weights, more conditioning,” he said. “I try to get hit less in my head. I know how to do it. I just need to work on my conditioning.”

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Wanderlei Silva May Retire After Fourth “Rampage” Fight

Wanderlei Silva isn’t ruling out the possibility of retiring following his next fight. On Sept. 29, “The Axe Murderer” will renew an old rivalry. Silva is set to go one-on-one with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson once more. Silv…

Wanderlei Silva isn’t ruling out the possibility of retiring following his next fight. On Sept. 29, “The Axe Murderer” will renew an old rivalry. Silva is set to go one-on-one with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson once more. Silva has won two bouts against Jackson, while “Rampage” has one victory over “The Axe Murderer.” The two first […]

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Quinton Jackson on Wanderlei Silva: “This Time He’s Going to Leave Town”

Quinton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva will face each other again for a fourth time on September 29 in San Jose, California for the fourth time. The two men have history against one another since their days in Pride Fighting Championships where they fough…

Quinton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva will face each other again for a fourth time on September 29 in San Jose, California for the fourth time. The two men have history against one another since their days in Pride Fighting Championships where they fought twice with Silva as the victor, then the third fight in the […]

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