Anderson Silva has publicly fired back at Dana White after the UFC president’s recent comments about the legend’s late-career slide and exit from the promotion.
White had said Silva “lost like 8 or 9 or 10 in a row” and claimed the former middleweight champion “won’t talk to me to this day” after being told “it’s over” following his UFC run, which ended in 2020 after a loss to Uriah Hall. That defeat was Silva’s third straight loss and his seventh in nine fights.
Silva responded in the comments section of an Instagram post, pointedly referring to White as “The bald guy.” He wrote, “The bald guy saying (sh*t),” before adding, “I’ve been out of the organization for many years already, but apparently neither the current fighters nor the bald guy himself can forget my accomplishments.”
Silva continued, “Deep down, the bald guy knows that with me there was no whining, everybody got beat up, and I saved the promotion more than once. And just so we’re clear, it seems like the bald guy doesn’t know how to count.”
Silva has not fought under MMA rules since leaving the UFC in 2020. After his departure, he transitioned to boxing, defeating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Tito Ortiz and Tyron Woodley, and losing to Jake Paul. Earlier in his career, “The Spider” put together a 16-fight winning streak in the UFC, defending his title against Dan Henderson, Chael Sonnen and Vitor Belfort, and going 3-0 at light heavyweight with three first-round knockouts, including over Forrest Griffin.
