Tales From The Cage

Mark Hunt and Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva engage in a brutal war at UFC 193 in November of 2015. Combat sports are inherently dangerous. The entire point of the sport is to render your opponent unable to continue before he can do the same to you. So it's no surprise that many fighters don't have long careers, at least at the top of the sport, and those that do tend to show the effects of their brutal craft. But when should a fighter decide enough is enough and walk away? Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva has been fighting professionally since 2005 and has a record of 19-12-1. His claim to fame is being the first man to defeat the legendary Fedor Emelianenko when he submitted the Russian in 2011. After entering the UFC in 2012, Silva only managed three wins from 2012 to 2016. He's lost eight of his last ten fights and has been knocked out in all but one of those losses after only being knocked out twice in his career previously. In recent fights, Silva has lo...