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Wanderlei "The Axe Murder" Silva was born July 3,
1976 in Curitiba, Brazil. His specialty is Muay Thai but he
also has a black belt in Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu. He has spent the most recent part of his mixed
martial arts career fighting for PRIDE but he did fight for the UFC
in the late 90's. He was defeated by Vitor Belfort in the
worst loss of his career in his first UFC fight. He was even given a title shot in
2000 but lost via decision to Tito Ortiz.
Silva's PRIDE career began in 1999 and by 2001 Silva was the middleweight (205 lbs.) champion. Silva would not lose a fight until a controversial loss to Mark Hunt in 2004. Mark Hunt weighed in at 280 lbs. In 2005 he lost a non-title fight (it was in a tournament) to Ricardo Arona but later avenged the lose with a split decision victory over Arona. Silva would again lose a fight to a much larger fighter, Mirko "Cro Crop", in 2006. Wanderlei put his middleweight title on the line in 2006 against Dan Henderson, the welterweight champion, and was knockout out with a vicious left hook. Silva is scheduled to fight Chuck Liddell on December 29 at UFC 79. This will be a test for both fighters, as they are both coming off of tough losses, both of Silva's were by knockout. Silva lives up to his nickname as most of his fights end with his opponent unconscious or the ref stopping the fight. Wanderlei is known for his intense glare before the fight and also for coming out and trying to take his opponents head off. At one point Silva had a twenty-fight win streak in PRIDE. His defeat of Quentin "Rampage" Jackson in 2003 was one of Silva's many highlights. He hit Jackson with 17 consecutive knees before the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. His mixed martial arts record is 31-7 with 21 knockouts.
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