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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).
The suicide and double murder were originally attributed to anabolic steroid abuse, but a brain biopsy confirmed pathognomonic CTE tissue changes: large aggregations of tau protein as manifested by neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads, which cause neurodegeneration.
The Global Fight League (GFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by Darren Owen and Arun Parimi in 2024 and will be launched in April 2025, [3] The league will have a draft that will launch the promotion on Jan. 24, 2025 and its first season is set to begin in April 2025 where teams will be city-based.
Garcia appeared as a guest coach for Wanderlei Silva on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3. Garcia was at one point scheduled to face Megumi Yabushita for the Japanese promotion Real Fight Championship. This bout, however, fell through. [22] Garcia was then scheduled to make her MMA debut with Jungle Fight in March 2015. [23]
The rematch between Belfort and Silva was expected to take place on 23 June 2012, at UFC 147. [21] However, on 27 May 2012, Belfort was forced to pull out of the bout, citing a broken hand in training, and replaced by Rich Franklin. [22] In a recent interview, Belfort expressed disinterest in actually fighting Wanderlei Silva.
His second promotional fight was a rescheduled match up against Wanderlei Silva on June 24, 2017, in the main event at Bellator NYC. [101] He won the fight via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, and 30–27). [ 102 ]
The card featured the return of Sean Sherk, who was suspended and stripped of his UFC Lightweight Championship after he tested positive for steroids at UFC 73. [3]This event also marked the last appearance of Tito Ortiz in the UFC for well over a year, as he was at the end of his contract and due to his feud with Dana White was not expected to re-sign at the time.
See also: List of doping cases in sport. People entered in this category have either: Been suspended by a sporting body (an international governing body, a national federation, or a professional league) for illegal performance-enhancing drug, and/or banned drug, use