Wanderlei Silva announced on Wednesday that he’s going to face his longtime rival Quinton Jackson for a fourth time in the Bellator cage on Sept. 29, and his coach is confident that “The Axe Murderer” will be successful once again.
Andre Dida has worked as Silva’s head coach for his last four fights, including knockout wins over Cung Le and Brian Stann and decision losses to Rich Franklin and Chael Sonnen. He sees the 50-fight veteran as being as motivated as ever.
“Keeping that flame on until the fight, he will surprise ‘Rampage’ and everyone else,” Dida told MMA Fighting.