Kalyl Silva, the teenage son of Anderson Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC), has his dad’s long limbs and an apparent knack for striking.

Prior to the ex-middleweight champ’s title defense against Vitor Belfort at UFC 126, his son hit pads before reporters. In the final scene of the documentary “Like Water,” he was seen doing some light sparring with his father.

The young Silva could be a future legend. But right now, he wants the legend closest to him to hang up his gloves.

On his Instagram account, Kalyl Silva said he wants his dad to stop fighting after he suffered a gruesome broken leg in a rematch with middleweight champ Chris Weidman (11-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) this past weekend at UFC 168.

“got show respect to chris for going out there and fighting like a champ.. congrats chris.. is your turn to be a legend.. all the silva haters out there go party and don’t come talk to me, it ain’t my fault.. but ya’ll do whatever yall wanna do… hopefuly he retires and come home.. cuz I’m tired of my dad trainning all day, and going away for 2 or 3 months… a broken leg happens… and as always, you are MY champion dad.. and again good job chris.”

At the moment, it’s unclear whether the 15-year-old will get his wish. On Monday, the doctor who repaired Anderson Silva’s broken leg said the fighter asked in the hospital when he could begin training again. According to Brazilian MMA writer Ana Hissa, “The Spider” left the hospital today and is headed back to his adopted hometown in the Los Angeles area.

On Sunday, the future UFC Hall of Famer tweeted thanks to his family and friends and said needed to be with his family.

“I will be better soon, (and) now I need to be with my family to [recover] better,” Silva said.

Regardless of whether the elder Silva soldiers on or retires, he is a lock for the UFC Hall of Fame. Following UFC 168’s unfortunate ending, UFC President Dana White declined to speculate on the ex-champ’s future, but he left the door open to either outcome.

“It’s just one of those things,” White said. He’s an incredible human being. He’s done amazing things here at the UFC. Maybe he’ll want to make a comeback. Who knows? I don’t know. We’ll see what happens.

“I don’t want to count him out, and I don’t want to count him in. It’s just really not the important thing right now. The important thing is he gets his surgery, heals up, and then we go from there.”

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