Dana White would like to see Wanderlei Silva walk away on a win
Posted on November 23, 2011, 11:01 AM by Joey Santosus
"I just don't want to see anyone hurt - that's all I care about. When you get to a point - and in my opinion, I'm no doctor - you start getting knocked out on a regular (basis), that's it. I don't want to see that any more. I don't want to see it. I think he's gets it. I've been very clear and open and honest about it. He looked good (Saturday). I'd be cool with (him walking away after the win), too. I would never try to talk somebody out of retirement. Never, ever, ever would I do that. Nope." - For more from Dana White, visit Heavy.com
When "The Axe Murderer" Wanderlei Silva stepped inside the octagon opposite Cung Le last Saturday night, it was likely against the better wishes of UFC President Dana White. Prior to his battle in San Jose, Silva had capped off a 2-6 run with a 27-second knockout loss to Chris Leben in July, which marked the fourth time he had been separated from consciousness in eight outings. Despite White's calls for the Brazilian to hang-up the gloves, however, Silva was granted another opportunity to right the ship at UFC 139, which saw the veteran defeat Le with a barrage of knees and punches in the second-round. But, was it enough to convince his boss that he's still got some fight left after all?
The short answer? Nope. Though White admits that Silva "looked good" on Saturday, he says that he would still like to see the former PRIDE Champion go out on a high note. But, what do you think LowKick'ers? Should Wandi's PRIDE-inspired win over Le be a new beginning or the perfect ending to the "The Axe Murderer's" storied career?
Further Reading: Wanderlei Silva says he did Cung Le a favor by breaking his nose
Photo: Scott Hirano
Comments
Love to watch him fight... and it's of course up to him to retire... I would like to see him hang up the gloves and enjoy his retirement. Run the gym/s and use his name to promote MMA. Who knows what the KO's will do to him later in life?
Enjoy your win, success, family, life..... retire.
Just my $.02
Hatch
It's so humbling to see such a ferocious athlete being emotional like that. Wanderlei is & will be one of the greatest middle weights (& fighters) in MMA history for a long time to come!
He's a great ambassador for MMA & is always respectful to his fellow MMA fighters.
I personally think he has plenty of fights left in him but the top flight in MMA is pulling away from this generation & therefore he should be fighting similar guys of similar age & there's not too many of them left. So may be it's time to Coach & promote as hatch1921 says.
I think i'll break out my Pride DVD's & watch some of his old fights now. :D
people always think they know better, when you're a kid its your mother, when you're married its your wife, when you're a fighter its dana
if someone is medically cleared to fight, let him fight or cut him, take away the hard part of retiring - the choice not too
And who tells Dana White what to do ? I'm confused...
the fertitas!
I have to agree with DW. Wanderlei won and he should retire before he gets hurt again. What we saw at ufc 132 was very sad and I hope I won'T happen again.
If a fighter wants to fight, he will. If he can't fight in the UFC, he'll fight somewhere else. Tank Abbott just fought in someone's backyard.
But don't be too hard on Dana. He comes from boxing. He's probably seen a lot of punch drunk dudes in there 50's who wish they'd hung it up a bit sooner.
And to the UFC's credit, what Dana thinks doesn't stop them from making the matches. He let the Iceman figure it out the hard way.
Silva didn't look that good. Cung still dropped him to his knees. One more hard shot and the fight would have been over. In the 1st. Again.
The Axe Murder might squeeze out a few more wins, but title contention? That ship has sailed. I'm a fan, but time to hang them up and run your dojo.
Hope he retires on this win
i don't understand how you can convince a guy like wanderlei to retire after a fight like that. I think he's got at least one more fight in him.
I wish he would go out on this win. But I thought that he should have hung up the gloves after he got humiiated by Leban. Who knows what will happen next time he gets in with another tough opponant?
Dana looks adorable in the picture for this article looks like a little kid :)
Wandy should retire, there are not many fights for him left. Maybe with Mayhem if he loses to Bisping. There are no other big names at MW who Wandy can beat. The MW-roster are mostly up-and-comers and big names at the top. I don't want to see him fight a guy like Aaron Simpson, Brad Tavares, Tom Lawlor or Jorge Rivera. He has nothing to gain in those fights.
read my post a week ago, we all said the same thing. Little late dana, but have to agree good call.