Wanderlei Cesar Silva, (born July 3, 1976 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, who has competed in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships and the American based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He trained under Rudimar Fedrigo at the Chute Boxe Academy in Curitiba, Brazil. He specializes in Muay Thai and has received a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[1] He holds notable wins over Kazushi Sakuraba, Ricardo Arona, Dan Henderson, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Yuki Kondo. He is the former PRIDE middleweight (205 lb) champion and the PRIDE 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix champion, among others.
Silva is fighting Liddell in UFC 79.
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