Monday, October 20, 2008

Anderson Silva's Manager Talks Silva Retirement Rumors

Silva will retire when he's 35......

Ed Soares, manager of UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, recently sat down with MMAWeekly.com to once again discuss the rumors of Silva retiring as soon as next year:

"Even before Anderson came into the UFC his goal has always been to retire at the age of 35. He's actually talking about it much sooner than all of us would have liked, but the reality of it is that his goal it to retire at 35. He's got 18 months before he turns 35 and it doesn't necessarily mean he's going to retire right when he turns 35, that it would just be his goal.

"He's still got six fights left on his contract, the first of the six being against Patrick Cote, so I think that he's just talking about it, but at the end of the day I know for sure he's going to be fighting six fights in the UFC. He's talking about it, but I don't think he's very perceptive on how this is coming across to the media.

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