Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva suffers 11th straight loss, again announces MMA retirement

Six months after announcing his MMA retirement, Antonio Silva entered the cage as soon as once more on Saturday to combat in France.

After shedding a choice to Salim El Ouassaidi, “Bigfoot” stated on Instagram that he’s “one hundred pc” retired following the bout at Kingdom Combating 1.

Ouassaidi is now 6-1 as knowledgeable MMA fighter.

Silva had misplaced 10 bouts in a row beneath MMA, kickboxing, and bare-knuckle boxing guidelines heading into the occasion, struggling knockout defeats in 9 of these matches, together with setbacks in opposition to the likes of Rico Verhoeven, Mark Hunt, Roy Nelson and Stefan Struve. The person who as soon as challenged Cain Velasquez for the UFC heavyweight title, on the time with a document of 18-4, now leaves the game with just one win in his closing 13 MMA appearances.

His MMA document now sits at 19-15.

“The combat ended simply now, and thank God it was an important combat,” Silva stated on a reside stream on Instagram. “It was three rounds, and I’m very glad. I fought a 25-year-old man and I’m 43 in my final combat, and I’m very glad.”

Silva stated he feels he might have gained a choice however was “combating in my opponent’s home, the promoter is his supervisor, however he did an important combat and he deserved it too.”

“It was an important combat,” Silva continued. “We tried the knockout on a regular basis, he and I, and ultimately I retired. I put down my gloves within the middle of the octagon. To me, all the pieces has a starting and an finish, and I’m very glad and happy. We by no means wish to cease, no skilled athlete desires to cease, even in volleyball or soccer, however all the pieces has a time, and I did this for 19 years.”