Stuck with a UFC contract and facing a new suspension by the Nevada Athletic Commission, there's not much Wanderlei Silva could do to keep on fighting even if he wanted to, though that's not really a problem for the former Pride champion. He believes no organization in the world can pay him a fair amount, anyway.
So, as he told Combate during a press conference in Brazil, Wanderlei is taking a stand.
"Given the conditions they imposed, the way they treat athletes and our payments, which is not a lot, I don't intend to come back. There's no event in the world that can pay what The Axe Murderer is worth."
Silva's suspension came when he got a surprise visit to take a performance enhancing drug test, which he ran away from through the back door of his gym, though the lifetime ban has already been overturned by the NAC earlier this year. He will once again face the Nevada Athletic Commission at the October 29th hearing.
In his last outing, which was all the way back in March 2013, Silva knocked out Brian Stann in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Japan.