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14th October 2017
07:23pm BST
Whether he wanted to or not, there is no way in hell that Silva should have been matched up with Rico Verhoeven in GLORY.
That's borderline sick behaviour.
Verhoeven went into the contest with a kickboxing record of 51-10-1 and the opening bell should never have sounded in China this weekend.
https://twitter.com/UFCFightPass/status/919176428360384512
Verhoeven simply had his way with the 38-year-old and such was the disdain he had for Silva's striking, he turned his output into something of a showcase affair, throwing spinning kicks and landing at will on what was, for all intents and purposes, a punching bag.
The referee had finally seen enough in the second round and saved 'Bigfoot' but surely the time has come, for his health and for his family's well-being to walk away from the sport.
"The low kicks were part of the gameplan," Verhoeven said of the routine win. "He’s from MMA, so low kicks are different in the MMA game, so it was part of the game: hurt him on the leg and finish him on top."
Enough is enough and 'Bigfoot' has to walk away now while he still can.
He'll always have a victory over Fedor Emelianenko, he'll always have that UFC classic with Mark Hunt but he should be able to speak to his children and grandchildren when he's older.
He has nothing to prove. He should get out before it's too late.Explore more on these topics:
