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Anderson Silva says God told him to stop fighting after Chris Weidman loss

UFC legend Anderson Silva reflects on his losses to current middleweight champ, Chris Weidman.

MMA is a cruel sport. In the realm of mixed martial arts, the tides can turn in an instant; invincible champion's are reduced to over the hill journeymen and granite chins can turn to dust overnight. We saw the unbeatable Fedor Emelianenko's fall from grace in 2010, and how welterweight kingpin Matt Hughes descended into the depths of obscurity after losing to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 79. Is Anderson Silva destined to follow a similar fate?