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What if Anderson Silva retires?

Let's hope Anderson Silva doesn't retire any time soon. Sure, we want to watch the UFC middleweight champion and the greatest mixed martial artist ever continue to meet and greet his challengers with front leg kicks and precision strikes.

But here's another reason a handful of 185-pounders out there should want Silva, 37, to stick around: validity.

If Silva were to retire, he would bring...

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