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Silva underwent knee surgery in late July 2010 and his doctors had stated that he would need to wait at least 4 months before returning to training. This meant that he would not be seen fighting in the octagon again until early 2011. [26] Silva was scheduled to face Brian Stann at UFC 130. [27]
Silva and Jackson had another brief altercation, this time at the UFC 92 weigh-ins. After both tipping the scales, they participated in an intense staredown for photography. In the course of the staredown, Wanderlei Silva shoved Quinton Jackson before the UFC officials and security quickly intervened.
However, the bout was delayed after Weidman sustained a knee injury which required a minor surgery. [4] A light heavyweight bout between the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva was originally scheduled for UFC 173.
In the night's main event, the welterweight champion Dan Henderson knocked out Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva to become the new middleweight champion. [3] This victory by Henderson avenged an earlier loss to Silva after their first encounter in 2000 at Pride 12 - Cold Fury, with Silva winning that fight in a three-round unanimous decision.
UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 23, 2012 at Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. [ 2 ] Background
Wanderlei Silva: Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 Heavyweight Eddie Sanchez: def. Soa Palelei: TKO (punches) 3 3:24 Light Heavyweight Lyoto Machida: def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou: Submission (arm-triangle choke) 2 4:20 Lightweight Rich Clementi: def. Melvin Guillard: Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 4:40 Preliminary card ...
After Wanderlei Silva was forced out of his UFC 116 bout with Yoshihiro Akiyama due to broken ribs, Leben agreed to fill in for Silva in the bout against Akiyama, and faced him two weeks after defeating Simpson. Although he was outstruck and outwrestled for most of the first round, Leben managed to stay competitive and keep a fast-paced fight ...
Later, a day before the Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale, Sonnen revealed in a scrum session that after Silva had left the premises he called Vitor Belfort asserting that Silva fears Belfort more than Sonnen himself. Before the call, Sonnen instructed the crew of the show to tell Silva that Belfort was replacing him if he leaves.