GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Anderson Silva is having fun in the latest chapter of his storied combat sports career. The former UFC middleweight champion and all-time MMA great gets excited at the prospect of being able to try his hand in a wide range of combat sports now that he’s no longer under contract with the UFC. Silva fought his final bout with the Las-Vegas based promotion in October, when he headlined UFC Fight Night 181 against Uriah Hall. The bout with Hall ended a 15-year run inside the octagon spanning 24 fights. The 46-year-old is glad he finished his contract with the UFC, as he’s now able to dictate his future – something fellow MMA star Georges St-Pierre wasn’t able to do when UFC blocked him from fighting Oscar De La Hoya in boxing. “I put in my heart and I helped put the UFC in a different level,” Silva told MMA Junkie.
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Anderson Silva enjoying post-UFC venture to boxing: ‘I’m a free man’ – MMA Junkie