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Anderson Silva undergoes knee surgery, says he has ‘two fights’ left in the UFC

Anderson Silva hasn’t fought in almost a year, but the former UFC middleweight champion expects to return to the Octagon very soon.

Silva recently underwent surgery for his leg kick TKO loss to Jared Cannonier at UFC 237, which saw ‘The Spider’ injure his knee after being blasted with a kick in the opening round.

The 45-year-old expects to make a full recovery and has promised to return to the UFC for two more fights, according to a recent Instagram post (h/t Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting).

“I finished my knee surgery.