If the shaky Portuguese-to-English translations on the Internet are to be believed, Anderson Silva -- the UFC's current middleweight champion -- aspires to participate in only six more fights before letting himself go and yelling advice from the sidelines.
Forgetting for a moment that retirement in athletics is usually as permanent as Hollywood unions -- fighters in particular have a chemical addiction to the adrenaline dump of a packed arena -- it's not difficult to see why Silva might be considering the appeal of central obesity and vicarious participation.
He really doesn't have anyone left to fight.
Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin represented the two most substantial threats to Silva's title; both were thoroughly and impressively throttled. Nate Marquardt would probably be discussed as a dark horse for contention, but Silva force-fed him leather, too.
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