Earlier this week, former pound-for-pound king and ex-middleweight champion Anderson Silva threatened to call it quits on the sport if he doesn’t get an interim title fight for his next bout. Now the boss appears set to call his bluff. In the wake of Silva (34-8 MMA, 17-4 UFC) losing opponent Kelvin Gastelum (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) at UFC 212 when Gastelum tested positive for marijuana , “The Spider” has been waiting for a potential replacement fight for the pay-per-view card Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro on June 3. But that hasn’t happened yet, and on Monday Silva said on “The MMA Hour” that he’ll walk away if he doesn’t get a fight in Brazil against Yoel Romero (12-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) for the interim middleweight title. Champion Michael Bisping has the regular belt tied up until a fight against former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre – which isn’t likely to take place until late this year.
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