Wanderlei Silva: Fight with Vitor Belfort ‘is going to happen’
UFC President Dana White recently made news by announcing that he was working to re-sign former UFC champion Vitor Belfort and instantly speculation began to run rampant in regards to a possible first opponent for “The Phenom” if the signing comes to fruition. One name that keeps popping up is no stranger to Belfort as Vitor’s lightning quick knockout victory over Wanderlei Silva at UFC Brazil back in 1998 is among the biggest wins... [Read More...]
Dana White: ‘We could see a Wanderlei Silva – Anderson Silva fight in the very near future’
How time can change things. Once close friends and training partners at the Chute Boxe Academy in Brazil, Wanderlei and Anderson Silva are anything but buddies these days. Wanderlei’s recent decision to drop to middleweight surely got underneath Anderson’s skin, and the UFC middleweight champion’s decision to train Rich Franklin for his UFC 99 showdown with “The Axe Murderer” has certainly left a bad taste in Wanderlei’s... [Read More...]
Wanderlei Silva: ‘Rich won’t last two rounds’
Wanderlei Silva and Anderson Silva once had a tight bond while both were members of Chute Box Academy. These days they are bitter enemies who are on a collision path. In an interview done by Fighters Only Magazine, Wanderlei Silva, who is no doubt upset that Anderson has decided to help Rich Franklin prepare for his fight with the Axe Murderer, offered to put $50,000 of his own money in a bet with The Spider saying he will knock Franklin out within... [Read More...]
Ricardo Arona turns down Wanderlei Silva’s invitation
There were many that felt that the long lasting feud between Brazilian rivals Wanderlei Silva and Ricardo Arona was nearing it’s end, and although it looks as if that may still be true, it doesn’t appear that the two will be training together anytime soon. In a recent interview with Tatame Magazine, “The Axe Murderer” revealed that although he had a well known rivalry with fellow Brazilians Ricardo Arona and Paulo Filho, he... [Read More...]
Paulo Filho on Wanderlei Silva: ‘I’m here to help’
Wanderlei Silva recently announced that he had a desire to bury the hatchet and train with formal rivals Paulo Filho and Ricardo Arona, today a response was reported from Filho in regards to the invitation. “It would be an honor, I’m very happy to have received this invitation and tell him to wait for me… What he needs from me, I’m here to help” Filho was quoted as saying to Tatame.com concerning the invite. Filho last competed at WEC... [Read More...]
Wanderlei Silva expresses surprising desire to train with former rival
A Brazilian rivalry dating back to 2005 may be nearing it’s end in the near future, at least according to one of the feud participants. Wanderlei Silva and Ricardo Arona are age old enemies who first met up at PRIDE Final Conflict 2005 in the semi-final of PRIDE’s middleweight grand prix. Arona surprised many when he handed the dominant middleweight champion his first defeat in over five years at the weight class by controlling Silva from... [Read More...]
UFC officially announces Franklin vs. Silva to headline German debut
The Ultimate Fighting Championship officially announced Tuesday that its debut in Germany has been scheduled for Saturday, June 13. UFC 99 will take place in Cologne, Germany and will emanate from the Lanxess Arena. UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and UFC President Dana White were present at a Monday press conference in Cologne to officially announce the event. The event has been subtitled “The Comeback,” to help characterize the stakes involved... [Read More...]
Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva expected for UFC 99
A new published report indicates that an intriguing matchup between former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE middleweight (205 lbs.) champion Wanderlei Silva is set to take place at UFC 99 during the UFC’s inaugural event in Germany on June 13 in Cologne at the Lanxess Arena. The news was first reported by MMAWeekly.com, which cites multiple independent sources as having confirmed the bout. MMA Weekly also adds that the... [Read More...]
Report: Wanderlei Silva moving to middleweight
A new published report indicates that former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva is about to make a long-rumored move from light heavyweight to middleweight. According to Franklin McNeil during ESPN’s MMA Live pre-fight UFC 94 coverage on Friday, Silva has decided to drop from the UFC’s stacked 205 pound division in favor of its 185 pound weight class. Neither the UFC or Silva himself have confirmed the report but the potential move is one... [Read More...]
PRIDE’s Brazilian Super Heroes Appear to Have Lost their Special Powers
UFC 92 featured a lot of things: the crowning of a new light heavyweight king in Rashad Evans; the crowning of a new interim UFC heavyweight champion in Frank Mir; and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson proving to the critics that it wasn’t too soon to return to the Octagon. However, another prevailing theme from UFC 92 was the continuing demise of the old Brazilian guard of PRIDE. If I could just escape my manufactured “AP-style persona”... [Read More...]
UFC 92 Video: Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva
Courtesy of the UFC and ESPN.com, below is video of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Wanderlei Silva speaking at a pre-UFC 92 press conference held earlier this week. Silva indicated he’s looking for the “Knockout of the Night” bonus while Jackson talked about how he prepared for his third encounter vs. “The Axe Murderer.” SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "UFC 92 Video: Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva", url:... [Read More...]
UFC 92 Preview: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva
History is not on the side of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson heading into the third fight of his trilogy against Wanderlei Silva. Usually when we see a trilogy between two fighters it’s because there is a need for a rubber match. However, if the Jackson vs. Silva feud was two-out-of-three falls then Silva would have already been declared the winner of the series after having TKO’d him with knees at PRIDE “Final Conflict 2003″... [Read More...]
Round 5 MMA figures Series II: Wanderlei, Ace, Spider, and Sherk (pics)
Series II of Round 5 MMA collectible figures now has it’s fourth and final member: Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva. Silva joins Sean Sherk, Rich Franklin, and Anderson Silva in the second series of these 6 inch collectibles. Series I is made up of MMA icons Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and Quinton Jackson. The detail and artistry of these figures is the design of famous McFarlane artist David Cortes. Personally,... [Read More...]
Dana White says Rampage Jackson will fight despite charges
Now that Rampage has been formally charged with felony evasion, reckless driving, and driving down the wrong side of the street stemming from his police chase after the loss to Forrest Griffin last month the question has become if and when Rampage will fight again this year. According to Dana White, he’ll fight this year and it’s looking like it could be as early as November 15 according to this Yahoo! Sports report: “Of course he’ll... [Read More...]
Report: Rampage Jackson splits with Juanito Ibarra; UFC looking towards November fight with Silva
After Rampage Jackson’s police chase hit and run incident in Costa Mesa, much speculation was going on in the MMA circles that he had split with his manager and trainer Juanito Ibarra. Josh Gross is now reporting that as fact in his new SI.com article: With defeat as the impetus, Jackson responded to rough terrain by relieving the trainer of his duties, though “bottom line, somehow, someway it all involves money,” said the fighter’s... [Read More...]
More on the Dynamite USA!! attendance…
Ivan Trembow has a report at MMAWeekly.com about the Dynamite Attendance that is about 1,000 times better than mine: http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4100 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "More on the Dynamite USA!! attendance…", url: "http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/08/more-on-the-dynamite-usa-attendance/" }); Read More →
Thoughts on the Dynamite USA!! attendance
I’m getting a lot of e-mails and reading a lot of message forum posts about why certain sites (such as Sherdog.com) and this site are reporting two different attendance figures for FEG’s Dynamite USA!! show this past Saturday. Well, we’re all reading the same reports, we’re just interpreting them differently. It’s actually an age old debate that has been going on in sports for quite some time when it comes to attendance:... [Read More...]
Attendance figures for Dynamite USA!!
The California State Athletic Commission has made the attendance figures available for FEG’s Dynamite USA!! show that took place this past Saturday at the LA Coliseum. Total attendance for the show was 18,340 . The paid attendance was 3,674. The total house was approximately $2.3 million in gross receipts. Loretta Hunt from The Fight Network reported on Mauro Ranallo’s radio show earlier this week that FEG has purchased tickets from... [Read More...]
Dynamite USA results article
If you’re looking for a breakdown of last night’s Dynamite USA card with results and little editorializing, then I recommend you check out my boss’ article from CBS Sportsline. Denny Burkholder does a good job of giving just the facts without butchering last night’s card: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/10210286 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dynamite USA results article", url: "http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/04/dynamite-usa-results-article-2/"... [Read More...]
