Mixed Martial Arts Fighter – Wanderlei Silva Signature T Shirt – UFC Superstar The Axe Murderer

April 29th, 2009 |

Author: Zdot

Wanderlei Silva was born on the 3rd of July, 1976 in Curitiba, Brazil. He started his career in Brazilian Vale Tudo on the 11/1/1996 in Vale Tudo 6 with a knockout victory against Dilson Filho.

He also fought in IVC vale tudo Brazilian championship that was a bare knuckle fighting competition. The fights were raw and extremely brutal.This is where he got the nickmane “The Axe Murderer” for his gruesome style of fighting.

His first UFC effort was not really successful, the octagon wasn’t really Taylor made for his stand up oriented style. He lost twice, to Victor Belfort in 44 seconds and to Tito Ortiz via decision for the UFC light heavyweight championship.

Silva commenced in Pride at the Pride 7 event on September 12, 1999, getting the win against Carl Malenko by decision. From 1999 to 2004, Silva won eighteen-straight fights in Pride, omitting a draw against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic.

On August 17, 2007, the UFC alleged that they had contracted Wanderlei Silva to fight in the octagon, and that he would make a comeback to the cage on December 29, 2007 at UFC 79: Nemesis. After months of conjecture about Silva’s adversary, Dana White declared Chuck Liddell would be Silva’s adversary for his return match.

He didn’t do to well in the UFC since his comeback. Getting the win only against Keith Jardine, a B level fighter and losing to Liddell and Quinton Jackson.

Despite his losing UFC record, his aggressive style made him a crowd favourite.

The UFC decided to honor his fighting career by producing a Wanderlei Silva signature T-shirt. You can get it at the UFC online shop for the price of $39,95.