With his UFC days behind him, Antonio “Bigfoot“ Silva still seems like he has a lot left in him outside of the MMA leader.
After a brutal knockout loss to Roy Nelson in September, the veteran heavyweight ventured off to Russia to fight Ivan Shtyrkov only two months later under the Titov Boxing banner. The announcement generated a degree of controversy, skepticism and concern given previous controversy involving that organization and veteran Jeff Monson.
In part, the controversy was warranted. The fight was a strange one conducted in a ring and was plagued with referee calls that spectators and analysts found to be more than problematic.