Wanderlei Silva expects fireworks against Yoshihiro Akiyama
Posted on May 31, 2010, 07:15 AM by Anton GurevichMixed Martial Arts legend Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva declared in an exclusive interview to TATAME.com that he expects nothing but fireworks in the UFC 116 co-main event fight against Yoshihiro Akiyama. Wandeco defeated Michael Bisping in his last fight at UFC 110 in Australia, and will be looking for consistency when he faces "the brave" Akiyama:
“It’ll be the professor Rafael Cordeiro who will deal with it and guide the sparring to do it the way it must be done. Akiyama is really tough, a good guy, who was an athlete for all his life through. He has a good ground game, Yoshihiro Akiyama is really strong.
It’ll be an interesting fight, it’s a good fight for me because he goes forward and goes with the flow, and he doesn’t run off. I believe the fight will be busy, a big show. I want to keep on fighting for the next six years, at least until I’m forty. This division change was good, I had to change my diet and I’m feeling just fine.”
Wanderlei Silva is currently 2-3 in his five bouts inside The Octagon, losing to Chuck Liddell (decision), Rampage Jackson (KO) and Rich Franklin (decision). The Axe Murderer is currently Thirty-three years old, competing professionally in Mixed Martial Arts since 1996.
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I don't think this fight will last very long. It should be exciting.
He wants to continue until he is forty!!!??? By the time he is 35 he will be a stepping stone at most or maybe even a freak show. He is on his final legs now...he is no Randy that is for sure.
Good luck Wand, but I think you are being over ambitious...
Your newness oozes
Wand is the man!! Ripp his head off man!!
WAR WAND!!!
wandy is gonna destroy some pretty face,ahahhahaha
If Dana have brought Wanderlei to Abu Dhabi they would have a fight that's impossible to forget, like all his fights are. War Wand...
Both fighters love to brawl, Akiyama has a great chin to. He will be able to take the punishment Wanderlei brings, meaning this is gonna be a great fight.
Great matchup! Great matchup=Good fight now i have somthing to look forward to!
From what I saw today, you do need something.
WAR WAND !
The most exciting fighter to watch !
i hope there are fireworks and the wild child in silva that we alll used to know comes back alive and kicking