Wanderlei Silva’s run as a Bellator fighter has come to an end as his contract with the promotion has expired, sources told MMA Fighting on Tuesday.
A former champion in Pride between 2001 and 2007, “The Axe Murderer” joined Bellator in 2017 after a long dispute with the UFC. Matched-up against longtime rivals Chael Sonnen and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in 2017 and 2018, Silva couldn’t secure a win in the Bellator circular cage.
The legendary fighter, who competed 51 times as a professional MMA fighter with an overall record of 35-14-1-1 including many Vale-Tudo fights with no gloves in the 1990's in Brazil, revealed months after his TKO loss to “Rampage” Jackson in Sept.