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Published 20:22 14 Jan 2016 GMT
Updated 20:52 14 Jan 2016 GMT
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"I’ve made it very clear to you all that I will never again fight for this promotion, the U.F. Circus. Fixed fights – and I can prove it! I haven’t yet dropped the bomb. I haven’t said everything I know!"But after a lawsuit was filed against the Brazilian, he's clearly received legal advice to retract all accusations and apologise, which he did in a Facebook post on Thursday evening.
Silva, 39, hasn't fought since 2013 and announced his retirement from the sport last year following a lifetime ban for avoiding a drug test which has since been overturned.
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