UFC legend Anderson Silva says he’s done with MMA – ‘I don’t need to prove nothing for anybody’

Anderson Silva has said he is content to leave the cage in his rear-view mirror.

The former UFC middleweight champion (34-11, one no contest) told ESPN that his career as an MMA fighter is over.

“I think MMA for me is done,” Silva, 46, said. “Because it’s hard to train MMA. It’s hard to stay training in a good level because you hurt yourself a lot.

“Now I just try to enjoy. I don’t need to prove nothing for anybody. I just try to enjoy every single moment I fight in different sports. And that’s it.”

Silva isn’t leaving combat sports entirely.