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Anderson Silva to fight for another seven years

ESPN staff
October 31, 2011
Anderson Silva insists Chael Sonnen's out-of-Octagon antics do not belong in the UFC © Getty Images
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Anderson Silva has vowed to fight for another six or seven years, but he claims Chael Sonnen's career should be over after he delivered an abnormally high testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio prior to UFC 117.

Silva is unbeaten as the UFC middleweight champion, but his manager Ed Soares recently claimed the Brazilian had four fights left before he quits. Soares also said Silva has little interest in renewing his UFC contract.

However, the champion appears to have other ideas, predicting he may even fight until 2018.

"I'll fight for another six or seven years and then I'll stop," Silva told De frente com Gabi. "I stopped to think about it and I'll postpone my retirement for a little longer. Then I'll think about TV."

The issue of Sonnen continues to crop up for Silva, who defeated the American at UFC 117. Having lost four rounds before pulling out victory with a late submission, there are those who believe Silva needs to rematch Sonnen.

The champion sees it differently though, claiming Sonnen doesn't belong in MMA: "He doesn't deserve to fight me. The most important thing he didn't do: defeating me. He was caught in the drug test, which was the worse.

"I believe he shouldn't be on the sport, because he has no emotional control. While trying to provoke me, he makes the sport looks bad. He made bad comments, offended me and my wife."

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