{"id":631411,"date":"2023-04-18T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/anderson-silva-eyeing-specific-opponent-for-one-last-mma-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:22:00","slug":"anderson-silva-eyeing-specific-opponent-for-one-last-mma-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/anderson-silva-eyeing-specific-opponent-for-one-last-mma-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva eyeing specific opponent for one last MMA fight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the greatest of all time wants to get back in there, for one night only.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anderson Silva, who is to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in July, hasn\u2019t been seen in the cage since an October 2020 defeat to Uriah Hall \u2014 but \u2018The Spider\u2019 doesn\u2019t seem content with ending his legendary career without at least the potential of having his hand raised one more time.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian, who has more recently turned his attention to boxing in bouts against the likes of former world champions in separate codes of combat, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Tito Ortiz (both wins) and YouTuber Jake Paul (a decision defeat), told Fight Hub TV<\/a><\/strong> (via MiddleEasy<\/a><\/strong>) that he wants to strap on his gloves again so he can bid farewell to a country which provided much of the foundation to his legendary MMA career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to do my last fight in MMA in Japan because I start fighting in Japan,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I try to do, my last fight in Japan, my last MMA fight in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n

And if all goes to plan, who might that be against? \u201cMaybe Hayato Sakurai\u2026 I think this is good fight for us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#ThrowbackMMA<\/a> | Un d\u00eda como hoy, hace 17 a\u00f1os, Anderson Silva (@SpiderAnderson<\/a>) obtiene su primer t\u00edtulo de peso medio tras vencer a Hayato Sakurai (@s_mach_hayato<\/a>) en #Shooto<\/a>: To the Top 7.#MMA<\/a> #SpiderSilva<\/a> #ShootoBrasil<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Bz23ILfZus<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MMA Fusion (@MMA_Fusion) August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hayato \u2018Mach\u2019 Sakurai, who at 47 is just one year younger than Silva, will be a well-known name to veteran fans of mixed martial arts. The Japanese fighter was one of the most dominant fighters in the early days of the sport \u2014 as well as being a previous opponent of Silva. Indeed, it was \u2018The Spider\u2019 who handed Sakurai his first-ever carer defeat in what was the Japanese\u2019s 21st career fight, winning the Shooto middleweight title in the process.<\/p>\n

Sakurai has been absent from the sport (and presumably in at least semi-retirement) since his last recorded bout in 2016, a TKO win against Wataru Sakata on a RIZIN card in Saitama, Japan.<\/p>\n

But while it remains to be seen if Silva gets his wish in MMA, he said that we certainly haven\u2019t seen the last of him in the boxing ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me take my break, man. I\u2019m old man, I\u2019m 48, bro,\u201d he said. \u201cI need to prepare to training. Of course I train every day, but let\u2019s go see who wins and maybe the guy gives me a chance to fight. We will see\u2026 Yeah, absolutely [I still want to box again].\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the greatest of all time wants to get back in there, for one night only. Anderson Silva, who is to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in July, hasn\u2019t been seen in the cage since an October 2020 defeat to Uriah Hall \u2014 but \u2018The Spider\u2019 doesn\u2019t seem content with ending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1123,534,37661],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-631411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anderson","8":"category-financial","9":"category-silva"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}