Just days before the Nevada Athletic Commission handed him a lifetime ban for evading a random drug test, Wanderlei Silva announced his retirement from combat sports via a video on YouTube. In the midst of his retirement announcement, he trashed his now-former employers, the UFC, saying they take advantage of fighters, overworking them and keeping all the money for themselves, not sharing any of the wealth with the athletes. SEE ALSO: Wanderlei Silva Retirement, UFC Tirade Video “I feel that I don’t have a dignified stage where the athletes are respected. They are wearing down the athletes; they make them fight under any circumstances and any conditions,” said Silva. “They use us to make rivers of money. They don’t respect the athletes, they don’t take care of the athletes, and they don’t pay the athletes. “Enough is enough.
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Report: Dana White Says UFC Paid Wanderlei Silva Nearly $10 Million – MMA Weekly