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UFC Fight Night 95: Bigfoot Silva dismisses retirement, admits reluctance to fighting his ‘friend’ Roy Nelson

Related Topics: Roy Nelson (fighter), Bigfoot

Since making his Octagon debut at UFC 146 in 2012, Antonio Silva has lost six times, all via first-round knockout including dropping four of his last five outings.

Despite the unprecedented skid and the damage he’s absorbed in those fights, "Bigfoot" isn’t keen on walking away from the hurt business anytime soon.

As he told MMA Junkie, the only thing he’s occupying his mind with at the moment is his upcoming heavyweight scrap against Roy Nelson (preview here), which is set to pop off at UFC Fight Night 95 this weekend (Sat., Sept.