source | MMAFighting.com Bellator MMA president Scott Coker told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour that two such opponents stand out as possible foes for Silva once he returns: Quinton Jackson and Tito Ortiz. “With Wanderlei, he’s on suspension until May of next year,” Coker said. “Then …
source | MMAJunkie.com The Nevada State Athletic Commission today voted to suspend Wanderlei Silva for three years following a re-hearing on a lifetime ban issued 17 months ago. The NSAC banned Silva and fined him $70,000 for evading a drug test in connection with a proposed fight against Chael Sonnen …
source | MMAJunkie.com The UFC on Wednesday released Wanderlei Silva from his contract with the industry-leader, freeing him to fight for other promoters, the fighter’s longtime attorney today told MMAjunkie. Silva issued a public apology today on his official Facebook page, retracting a fight-fixing allegation toward the UFC that …
“When you stand up in favor of a working class, all that you want is for the workers to be treated better,” Silva said in a video statement released this afternoon. “You want their rights to be given to them, and not only their duties. Every regulatory entity has laws …
source | MMAFighting.com UFC light heavyweight Wanderlei Silva has sued the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) and is claiming the government regulatory body exceeded their authority when they issued a lifetime ban in September of last year. “The NSAC, like any other agency, is a ‘creature’ of statue and attempts …
Wanderlei Silva had a google map done of his gym out in Las Vegas, pretty cool! An amateur fighter from TheUnderGround forums found this one. Check it out below.
Wanderlei Silva send his support to Paris
source | MMAJunkie.com Retired MMA legend Wanderlei Silva is asking the court to review his lifetime ban by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. “It’s an appeal to a judge to hear this legal issue that the NSAC gave short shrift to,” Goodman told MMAjunkie. “They didn’t even address it. They …
“I am retired, I don’t fight anymore, I lost the desire. So what stops me from generating income now? Are these people going to keep threatening me? They’ll keep coming to sue me every time I work with my image? How is that going to be? This is a shame. …
source | MMAFighting.com Remember when Wanderlei Silva said he would never fight again? He may change his plans for one fight in particular. “Are you ready to do this? Let’s do this,” XFC president Myron Molotky asked Silva after the XFCi 7 main event, where Allan Nascimento defeated Ruslan Abiltarov …
Here is Wanderlei Silvas recent retirement video. source | MMAFighting.com Silva retired from the sport on Sept. 19, and vowed to start “a war” against promoters, claiming they underpay the fighters, and attacking the athletic commission. Banned for life and fined $70,000 by the Nevada Athletic Commission, Silva got a …
Wanderlei: “With a heavy heart I come here today to declare: I am stepping down from the ring,” he said via video. “After today,Wanderlei Silva will not fight again. My career is over. Because I don’t have the stage to perform where the athletes get the proper respect. For these …
“I was happy to clarify things and say the truth,” said Wand. “I am relieved to have solved this problem. We explained to them the circumstances that I was not using any PEDS. I injured my wrist in February and after that I felt extreme pain in training, so I …
source | mixedmartialarts.com (theunderground) On an episode of UFC Tonight, Chael Sonnen said Silva had run from his gym. The description was attributed to Sonnen’s trademark hyperbole, but the drug tester also appeared at the hearing, and said that Silva had at first agree to take the test but later in fact …
You rock John Morgan! ENJOY everyone! source | MMAJunkie.com This past Friday, Sonnen spent 15 minutes with MMAjunkie’s John Morgan and Globo’s Ivan Raupp at Sao Paulo’s Ibirapuera Gymnasium, and he revealed he’s done talking about any potential future fight with “The Axe Murderer,” regardless of what ultimately happens with …
source | MMAMania.com “The Axe Murderer” told fans in last week’s video blog that he was headed to the event to support his fighters, but upon arriving in Brazil, was informed that he had been removed from the promotion’s PR schedule, according to ESPN. So he skipped town and hit …