Ex-UFC title challenger Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva books struggle towards TUF 28 winner Juan Espino on March 23
Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva is making a comeback.
The previous UFC heavyweight title contender squared off with a number of the largest names in MMA historical past, together with former world champions Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski, Daniel Cormier, Frank Mir, and Fedor Emelianenko. Nevertheless, ‘Bigfoot’ has struggled to seek out the win column in recent times, dropping 11 straight fights — 9 by the use of knockout — earlier than lastly deciding to hold up his gloves for good.
Eight days later, Silva canceled his retirement, declaring that he was as soon as once more in search of a struggle.
As introduced on his Instagram, ‘Bigfoot’ is scheduled to return towards TUF 28 heavyweight winner Juan Espino on March 23 at Gran Canaria Area in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. No additional particulars concerning the bout have been launched.
Silva’s lone UFC heavyweight title alternative got here towards Cain Velasquez at UFC 160 in Might 2013. He suffered a first-round KO 81 seconds into the bout. He went on to lose 5 of his subsequent six contained in the Octagon earlier than receiving his launch from the promotion. ‘Bigfoot’ has primarily fought in Russia since then, however his final outing got here below the Kingdom Preventing banner in Grenoble, France.
Silva, 44, went 3-7 throughout his UFC tenure and at the moment sits with an general document of 19-15.
Espino has fared higher in his MMA profession, amassing a stable 10-2 document since making his professional debut in 2009. His scheduled scrap with Silva might be his first struggle since a controversial technical break up choice loss to Alexandr Romanov in 2021. ‘El Guapo’ went 2-1 within the Octagon after successful The Final Fighter, however finally walked away from the game as a consequence of accidents.
“I couldn’t permit accidents to maintain me from saying goodbye to mine the way in which I like finest,” Espino wrote in Spanish on Instagram.
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