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Yesterday morning it was annnounced that former UFC heavyweight title challenger Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva would be returning to action on October 14 in Gangzhou, China. <\/p>\n

That news alone had fans and analysts worried. After all, “Bigfoot” has suffered seven knockout losses over the course of the last four years.<\/p>\n

What made matters far worse and left fight fans with upset stomachs was when they realized that “Bigfoot” had signed on to fight current Glory heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven.<\/p>\n

Crazy right? The non-title fight will mark Silva’s first ever kickboxing match and he’s going up against a guy who beat the likes of Badr Hari, Peter Aerts and Gokhan Saki.<\/p>\n

Today, Silva defended his unpopular decision to fight Rico in an interview with MMAFighting.<\/p>\n

“Critics will always exist and we have to know how to deal with them,\u201d Silva told MMA Fighting<\/a>. “Sometimes they don\u2019t even mean to criticize you, but they are just jealous they wanted to be a professional fighter and don\u2019t have that talent. I was always a humble person, I came from a humble family in Para\u00edba and competed around the world, and some people don\u2019t accept that.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Silva continued: <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a heavyweight fight and anything can happen. I respect Rico, he’s the champion, but when I step into the ring anything can happen.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Bigfoot<\/p>\n

Silva is currently on a five-fight losing skid, with four of those five setbacks coming by form of knockout.<\/p>\n

Do you think “Bigfoot’s” friends, family or management should step in and call off this seemingly unnecessary fight? Sound off Penn Nation! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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