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UFC? 99, former UFC? middleweight champion Rich 'Ace' Franklin squares off against former PRIDE? champion Wanderlei Silva in a true fight fan?s ... video.yahoo.com

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Mixed martial arts can sometimes offer a cold, hard reality. For Wanderlei Silva , that often translated into yet another brutal win. On Saturday ... video.aol.com

The Orange County Register ’s Carlos Arias spoke with PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva just minutes after DSE announced the main event ... video.aol.com

Unknown length - Sep 24, 2007 Former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva shares his thoughts on Chuck Liddell\'s loss to Keith Jardine and more. Don\'t miss what he had to say about his future plans as he assures the fans that \"you guys are gonna love me\" no matter who he faces next. Check it out!

By rss@youtube.com (fighthype) Former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva shares his thoughts on Chuck Liddell's loss to Keith Jardine and more. Don't miss what he had to say about his future plans as he assures the fans that "you guys are gonna love me" no matter who he faces next. Check it out!

Boxe which came to a head in PRIDE in 2005 when Arona upset Wanderlei Silva to face Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in the finals of the middleweight tournament. ...

That said, I still kinda like Strikeforce. Scott Coker has made money before. I even enjoyed the show on Saturday (well, Jake Shields can go away for a long, long time). Fedor IS good. Somehow he escaped the fate that befell CroCop, Shogun, Wanderlei Silva, and everyone else from PRIDE: lookin...

By Nate Lawson Tito Ortiz vs. Wanderlei Silva - UFC 25 The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to Tokyo, Japan for UFC 25 with a title fight between Wanderlei Silva and Tito Ortiz. Chuck Liddell vs. Quinton Jackson - UFC 71 Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin - UFC 86

By Kris Karkoski During a Tuesday UFC press conference in Japan, middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama announced that he’d be fighting Wanderlei Silva early next year, likely in February at UFC 110 in Las Vegas or UFC 111 in Sydney, Australia. Pictured: Wanderlei Silva

By Ken Foss Just two months later, he would return to a PRIDE ring once again taking on “Ice Cold” Igor Vovchanchyn, at PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 adding the first high kick knockout to his resume in MMA. Enjoy it. Because situations like Wanderlei Silva, and Chuck Liddell will be your norm.

By Jesse Holland Record: 3-2 Notable wins: Dropped “The Hammer” on Matt Hamill, gave Wanderlei Silva a nip/tuck. Notable losses: Turned inside out by Anderson Silva, didn’t make the final cut against Dan “Hollywood” Henderson. Strengths: Good cardio, technically sound, underrated jits.

By Mitch Ciccarelli 9. UFC 93: Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson (1/17/2009) 5. UFC 88: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans (9/6/2008) 4.  UFC 99: Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva (6/13/2009) 3.  UFC 47: Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz I (4/2/2004) 1. UFC 102: Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (8/29/2009)

Part of the story is that the fallen hero learns from his mistake, becoming a new man in the process. Belfort got up and took just 5 minutes to win his next two fights, including a legendary 44 second mugging of Wanderlei Silva. Then, he fought Kazushi Sakuraba and was humiliated by the diminut...

By E. Spencer Kyte Filipovic has faced a Who's Who of champions and challengers over his career, including Fedor and Aleksander Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, Wanderlei Silva and "Minotauro" Noguiera. As impressive as "Cigano" has been in his two UFC wins, the former PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix champion ha...

By Jesse Holland Notable wins: Sent Chuck Liddell down a steep slope, outworked Brandon Vera. Notable losses: Couldn’t overcome Quinton Jackson, put to sleep by Wanderlei Silva. Strengths: Merciless leg kicks, powerful striker, unorthodox style. Weaknesses: Will crumble in a war of wild fists. Silva:

 OH by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jun 14, 2009 at 4:20 pm ET Saturday night's "UFC 99: The Comeback," the organization's first trip to Germany, saw two legends of PRIDE take to the cage. Ironically, it was Wanderlei Silva, who lost his bout with Rich Franklin, ...

Rich Franklin showed good composure as he defeated Wanderlei Silva in a close battle by unanimous decision at UFC 99 on Saturday night. The former UFC middleweight champion was able to match the former PRIDE champion punch for punch and his resillience ...

 FL when the Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its debut in Germany with UFC 99: The Comeback card at Lanxess Arena. The pay-per-view card main event features former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin against former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva.

 OH UFC 99 features a main event between former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former longtime PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva. The fight takes place at a catch-weight of 195 pounds. Both fighters have recently competed at 205 pounds, ...

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 OH After earning an astounding 22-4-1 record in the now-defunct PRIDE organization, compiling a list of vanquished foes that could easily substitute for an MMA Hall of Fame roster, Silva has been unable to replicate that success in recent years. ...

to those he fought in PRIDE. When a fan would ask about the most brutal knockouts or simply want to see what he thought he could not get from the UFC, ... and more »

 NY With him in PRIDE for a while, and even when UFC purchased PRIDE, the matchups between myself and the PRIDE guys never really crept in my head. It didn't seem like anything that would happen. But lo and behold here we are. Other than watching him fight ...

 OH From approximately 2004 to 2006, the 205-pound division thrived domestically largely because of the UFC's success. A Chuck Liddell-Randy Couture trilogy pulled in scores of new fans, and overseas, PRIDE fighters such as Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio ...

 OH However, ticket sales are solid for the event, which features a main event between former UFC champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva (at a catch-weight of 195 pounds). (Touch of gloves: MMAjunkie.com reader "Roy M.") To ...

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 MN From Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock in the early UFC, to Kazushi Sakuraba, Wanderlei Silva and Bob Sapp in PRIDE back to Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture with many in between, there's again something here for every fan. ...

He lost a pretty close decision, one that he dominated in the first round, against Keith Jardine at UFC 76. He won a close decision over longtime PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79. Liddell even looked pretty good in the first round ...

He's managed to fight his want back into the title talk with the Knockout of the Night honor at UFC 92, thus avenging his two previous losses to Wanderlei Silva in PRIDE. Silva now requests a final match against Jackson to settle the score between ...

 NV During his ninth-grade summer vacation, his father Daniel took him to Curitiba, Brazil, where he met the likes of current UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and former PRIDE champ Wanderlei Silva. “It was a dream come true, it would be any kid's ...

Quick hits: MMAjunkie.com is reporting that former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (24-4 MMA) and former PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1 MMA) have agreed, but not signed a contract, to fight at UFC 99, which is set to take place June ...

By Josh Nason Making news over the weekend was Wanderlei Silva dropping down to the Middleweight division. At 185, he will join a growing division that includes kingpin champion and fellow PRIDE alum Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, Michael Bisping and more. Plenty of name value talent f...

By Dave Sholler Another UFC pay-per-view came and went and yet another former superstar proved to the world that his best days are behind him. When Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1) was knocked senseless by Quinton Jackson at 3:21 of the first round of their bout at UFC 92, the former PRIDE sensation showed that ye...

By Dave Sholler Quinton Jackson (28-7) vs. Wanderlei Silva (32-8-1) Frank Mir (11-3) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-4-1) Interim heavyweight title Forrest Griffin (16-4) vs. Rashad Evans (17-0-1) Light Heavyweight title Other quick UFC 92 predictions:

By Josh Nason Since this doesn't have a belt involved, we'll begin the first installment of the Ropes, Ring and Cage preview of UFC 92 with former Light Heavyweight Champion Rampage Jackson vs. former PRIDE Middleweight (205) Champion Wanderlei Silva. On Silva (32-8-1-1):

By Larry Vollmer Round 5 launched a series of figurines that included 4 of the world’s most popular mixed martial artists: Quinton Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and Randy “The Natural” Couture. Series 2 features Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, Sean Sherk, and Rich Franklin.

By Todd Jackson When I first started watching MMA, I was torn between the pioneer days of The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. The kings amongst kings, Royce Gracie, Don Frye, Wanderlei Silva, Fedor Emeliananko.  These names were bore by such intriguing and fearless f...

By Danny Burnham With an overall MMA record of 22-7, Hollywood has racked up wins over some of the best in the business: the aforementioned Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, current UFC Heavyweight Champ Antonio Nogueira, Murilio Rua, Renato Sobral, and Renzo Gracie, whose familiy pioneered the sport...

By Kevin Curran Ricardo Arona is a PRIDE vet with a 13-5 record in MMA competition. Don't let that fool you though; he is a force! He has beaten greats like Wanderlei Silva, Dan Henderson, Jeremy Horn (2), Gustavo Machado, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Ninja Rua.

By Derek Bolender Silva has notable wins over former PRIDE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson, current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson twice, Kazushi Sakuraba, Hidehiko Yoshida, and Ricardo Arona.  

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By mmaimpact PRIDE 33 - Second Coming event in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Thomas & Mack Center was the second Pride FC promotion to be held in the US.

By Adam Morgan There is one word that can describe what happened in the Octagon last night: Epic. Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell was everything we’ve waited for, everything we hoped for, and it turned out to be one of the most epic and entertaining fights in the UFC’s short history.

Now, back to tonight's card. Over at SI.com, my UFC 79 preview is up. Check it out by clicking here. I break down and predict the Matt Hughes-Georges St. Pierre interim title bout, the Liddell-Wanderlei Silva dream fight, and the Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou-Lyoto Machida light heavyweight duel.

By Adam Morgan The UFC will only cross promote when it’s in their best interest to do so. When they sent Chuck Liddell to PRIDE in 2003, there was a real possibility that Chuck would eventually fight Wanderlei Silva and that he would beat him, thus ending the debate about PRIDE fighters vs. UFC fighters. Even...

By worldmma In 2006 PRIDE announced it would cooperate with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, North America's largest MMA organization, and would be showcasing their fighters, including Wanderlei Silva and Kazuyuki Fujita, at a UFC event in ...

By Greg Clark With the news that Anderson Silva is quite comfortable fighting in the Light Heavyweight division brings new hope for the fans of Silva and MMA alike in that, we may very well see a concurrent UFC title holder of two weight classes. The only human to accomplish such a feat is Dan "Hollywood" Henderson when he knocked out Wanderlei Silva for the Pride FC Middleweight title at Pride 33 in February of this year to compliment his existing Pride FC Welterweight belt. Is it possible for Silva to jump up to 205 at a time when the UFC Middleweight division is in such disarry with the dismantling of Franklin (Ranked #2 Middleweight in the UFC) and now the loss of Yushin Okami who was not granted a contract extension by the UFC brass?   [read the full post]

By UFCmania Former champions Chuck Liddell (20-5) and Wanderlei Silva will indeed clash in a light heavyweight super fight at UFC 79: “Nemesis” on December 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Who wins a fight between Liddell and Silva?

By UFCmania – Former PRIDE FC middleweight champion and current UFC light heavyweight contender Wanderlei Silva responds to a question about steroid testing in Japan during a recent question and answer session and much more. “The Axe Murderer” is excited to return to action in December at UFC 79 and...

By nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) Wanderlei Silva shows just how hard Rampage's head is...but anyone can be KO'd Mark Coleman snaps Shogun's arm. There are too many more for me to even count. How about Coleman's heavyweight tournament win over Igor Vovchanchyn and those knees to the head.

By UFCmania As a result, more and more fighters from the PRIDE roster such as Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Fabricio Werdum, Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai and others are signing UFC contracts. During the UFC 74 post-fight press conference this past weekend, UFC President Dana...

By UFCmania Former PRIDE FC middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva will return the Octagon in December for the first time in more than seven years — no opponent has been named at this time. “The Axe Murderer” is a light heavyweight who was almost booked to fight former 205-pound champion Chuck Liddell...

UFC locks up PRIDE superstar Silva FOXSports.com - Aug 17, 2007 The long-anticipated signing of Wanderlei Silva was officially announced Friday along with an unspecified December debut for a light-heavyweight considered ...

By UFCmania That’s the prediction from former PRIDE FC middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva on the upcoming UFC 74: “Respect” showdown between UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture and Gabriel Gonzaga on August 25, according to XTremeCouture.com.

By UFCmania Former PRIDE FC Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva will return to the Octagon for the first time in more than seven years sometime in December, according to an exclusive interview with Tatame.com prior to his relocation to Las Vegas, Nevada.

By UFCmania From the HBO deal to recent PRIDE FC rumors to the showdown between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva that may not happen, UFC President Dana White and four fighters answered wide-ranging questions today during the conference call to promote UFC 73: “Stacked.”

By Jesse Holland Once considered one of the top 205lb fighters in the world, Silva is coming off two disappointing losses to Mirko Cro Cop at the 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix and to Dan Henderson back in February at PRIDE 33. That is unless Dana White can deliver on the rumored PRIDE vs UFC tournament. An event of...