Wanderlei Silva training with Lyoto Machida at The Black House in preparations for UFC 147
Posted on June 13, 2012, 05:20 AM by Anton GurevichMMA legend Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva will step inside the Octagon on June 23rd, facing Rich Franklin in the main event of UFC 147. As part of his preparations for the fight with Franklin, Wanderlei Silva did a training session with the former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, who will face Ryan "Darth" Bader in the co-headliner of UFC on FOX 4.
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Pretty sure Machida is going to smash Bader, hope Wandy pulls a last victory and retires in his home country. the last fight with Franklin was great, hope we get to see another classic. If Rich wins and Wand retires, it will be the second legend after Chuck put to retirement by the Ace.
Shit, now this is a boring post, shame on me.
Great Video ! Thanks for posting ! Lyoto Dragon Machida is my favorite fighter after FEDOR EMELIANENKO.
Its good for Lyoto to spar with an aggresive striker like Wanderlei ,and its good for Wandy to spar with a very technical striker as well :D and its good for us to see it on a video
I like how you always mention Fedor is your favourite, especially since we would forget if you didn't remind us.
Machida has probably knocked out him out over 100 times during his camp. Probably gets knocked out when he takes a shit. His jaw is done. But he did it for the fans
Lyoto is such an elite striker.
Machida helping your striking and Werdum helping your grappling can't be too bad can it?
Such a stacked group of guys between Black House and Kings MMA.
Wandy needs all the help he can get. Another "should retire now" victim that wants to keep fighting but should hang it up. The list is getting longer.
lol i thought i saw ryan bader training with them
hahahaha me too xD i was liek Wtf ? then i press the pause button and realised it wasnt bader
Machida looks so explosive and fast compared to wanderlie in the training video.
The great thing about wanderlie however is that he is not scared to get knocked out. He will walk his opponents down until he either knock them out or they knock him out.
Can you imagine if Wand used more body shots and leg kicks, over hand rights would open up it would be pretty awesome. I really hope some of the knowledge Lyoto gave him sticks and he wasn't just there for new sparring partners.
For a striker the jab is the most important tool there is. Wanderlei didn't come close to setting anything up from his jab...
Wanderlei has been in too many wars, his legs aren't taking him to where his mind, (or what is left of it - after such a tough career) wants to take him.
From a point of deep respect for this man, I hope he retires.