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“Men are not free if dependent industrially on the arbitrary will of another.” — Louis Brandeis, 1914
Heading into the UFC Fight Night 181 main event between 10th-ranked Uriah Hall and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva on Saturday in Las Vegas, there were two likely outcomes vis-à-vis the latter’s final Octagon performance.