Bellator President Scott Coker and Wanderlei Silva (信貸: Bellator /盧卡斯·努南)
SANTA MONICA (三月 2, 2016) –Bellator MMA is pleased to announce that one of the most popular, recognizable and beloved fighters in the sport of mixed martial arts, Wanderlei“斧殺人犯”席爾瓦 (35-12-1), has signed an exclusive multi-year, multi-fight contract with the promotion. The 39-year-old publicly fielded offers from companies all around the world, but the former Pride FC Middleweight Champion made the decision to take his explosive style to Bellator MMA.
“The Axe Murderer” has fought in some of the most memorable feuds and battles the sport has ever seen. His wars with 昆頓“橫衝直撞”傑克遜, 蒂托·奧爾蒂斯, 米爾科·克羅馬警察, 維托爾貝爾福, 丹·亨德森, 櫻野合, 查利德爾, and Michael Bisping are the stuff of legend – but Silva is far from ready to close the book on his illustrious career.
In addition to his Pride FC Middleweight World Championship, Silva’s packed trophy case of accolades includes awards for Fight of the Year (2003, 2004, 2007), 年度KO (2008), and multiple Fight of the Night awards including one for each of his last three fights, 僅舉幾個. He now looks to continue to provide his award-winning, entertaining fights inside the Bellator cage.
Silva has several options for his first fight with Bellator. Although he has spent the majority of his career at 185-pounds, one of the things that his fans love most about him has been Wanderlei’s willingness to fight the best of the best – even if it was up two weight classes at heavyweight – as proven by his heavyweight wars against guys like Mark Hunt, Gilbert Yvel, Kazuyuki Fujita and Cro Cop; Or, his battles against light heavyweights like Ortiz, and his most recent opponent, Brian Stann, who he knocked out in the second frame.
Silva is the latest in a long line of recent free agent signings made by Scott Coker and Bellator MMA. The former Chute Box competitor joins: 喬希湯姆森, 菲爾·戴維斯, 本森·亨德森, 謝爾蓋Kharitonov 和 Anastasia Yankova on a roster with champions the likes of: 馬科斯加爾旺, 丹尼爾·斯特勞斯, 威爾·布魯克斯, 安德烈Koreshkov, 拉斐爾·卡瓦略, 利亞姆McGeary 和維塔利Minakov,