Wanderlei Silva is returning to heavyweight for the first time since 2006 for a fourth fight with one of his biggest rivals in the sport, and his coach expects a short night in San Jose.
After a long training camp at Evolucao Thai in Curitiba, Brazil, getting “The Axe Murderer” ready to battle Quinton Jackson at Bellator 206, coach Andre Dida told MMA Fighting that memories of Silva’s previous wins over “Rampage” will help him go 3-1 against the former UFC champion.
Silva, an ex-champion and superstar in PRIDE, knocked “Rampage” out twice in the Japanese ring in 2003 and 2004, and Dida expects the same outcome more than a decade later.