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Wanderlei César da Silva (/ ˈ v æ n d ər l eɪ / VAN-dər-lay, Brazilian Portuguese: [vɐ̃deʁˈlej ˈsɛzɐʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ], Japanese: [bandaɾeː ɕi.ɯba]; born 3 July 1976) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist who competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Assuério Silva, left Chute Boxe in 2003 to start MuayThai Dream Team. Thiago Silva, left Chute Boxe in 2008 and joined American Top Team. Kazushi Sakuraba, trained with former rival Wanderlei Silva at Chute Boxe in preparation for his bout with Ken Shamrock in 2005. Andre Dida, left Chute Boxe in 2007 and founded Universidade da Luta.
Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva versus Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is a mixed martial arts series of fights that began in the now-defunct Pride Fighting Championships in Japan. All four fights have been televised live on pay-per-view .
Silva returns to the training center despite no apology from Sonnen. He then flips a coin (yellow for Wanderlei, green for Sonnen) to decide who the first pick (either first fight or first fighter). Silva wins the toss and opts to choose the first fight. Sonnen chooses the first middleweight and Silva the first heavyweight. Middleweights selection:
Cro Cop was scheduled to face Wanderlei Silva in a trilogy bout on 29 December in the Rizin Open Weight quarter finals. [121] However, on 2 December, Silva withdrew from the bout. [122] Rizin announced that Cro Cop would then face Muhammed Lawal, who had just fought Satoshi Ishii on December 16 at Bellator 169. [123]
The main events featured the fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva, [3] as well as the rubber match between former UFC Welterweight Champions Georges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes for the interim Welterweight championship. [4] Additionally, Pride Light Heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou made his UFC debut against undefeated Lyoto ...
White flips a coin with colors for each team (blue for Wanderlei, green for Vitor). Which ever coach's color comes up can choose to either pick the first fighter or set the first fight. The winning team of each fight takes control in setting the next fight. Silva wins the coin flip and decides to pick the first fighter.
Another example was at UFC 99 when Wanderlei Silva fought Rich Franklin at a catchweight bout of 195 pounds. Silva typically fought at the light heavyweight weight class of 205 pounds, while Franklin fought at the middleweight weight class of 185 pounds. They agreed on a catchweight bout, and both men weighed in at 194 for the fight.