Wanderlei Silva open to brawl with Kimbo Slice in Bellator

[CEITEDMOFO]

Next week, Wanderlei Silva will make his return to the combat sports arena for a grappling tag team match at Rizin Fighting Federation 3 on April 17th. The Brazilian will team up with Kiyoshi Tamura to take on Kazushi Sakuraba and Hideo Tokoro in the main event and is treating the bout as a tune-up for his return to MMA.

Silva spoke to Ariel Helwani on the latest edition of The MMA Hour (h/tGuilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting) and expressed his interest in a fight with street fighting sensation, Kimbo Slice.

"I want to make interesting fights," Silva said. "In Bellator, one guy that I would love to fight is Kimbo. And I'm not going to the ground. I want to fight in his area. I want to do a good show, I want to give emotion to my fans. When I can't do that I'm gonna really stop, but right now I feel good."

Silva is still suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission until 2017 for evading a drug test in 2014, although "The Axe Murderer" is campaigning for a fight this summer. It's expected that Silva will compete at one of the Bellator events outside of Nevada, possibly at a schedueled UK PPV in July.

Kimbo Slice last fought at Bellator 149, which saw the former Ultimate Fighter contestant battle with Dhafir Harris in a bout that was ridiculed by the MMA community. Slice eventually earned a stoppage victory after "Dada 5000" collapsed in the third round due to exhaustion.

When speaking of Bellator, Silva was quick to praise former Strikeforce CEOScott Coker, who has taken the promotion in a different direction since taking over the company from Bjorn Rebney in 2014.

"I like what (Scott Coker) and Mike (Kogan) are doing," said Silva, explaining why he decided to sign a deal with Bellator. "They offered me really good money, more than what I received before in the other event. I like the numbers. It's good for me, it's good for them, it's good for the fans, I'm gonna (come) back."

Rizin FF 3, which will host Silva's tag team match in the main event, will take place at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan on April 17th.


Wanderlei Silva open to brawl with Kimbo Slice in Bellator

 

[MJ Truth]

The fukkery MMA brings will always keep me as a fan even though I don't particularly enjoy the sport.

 

[TheNig]

a grappling tag team match at Rizin Fighting Federation 3 on April 17th

Is this common?

 

[Kane]

Next week, Wanderlei Silva will make his return to the combat sports arena for a grappling tag team match at Rizin Fighting Federation 3 on April 17th. The Brazilian will team up with Kiyoshi Tamura to take on Kazushi Sakuraba and Hideo Tokoro in the main event and is treating the bout as a tune-up for his return to MMA.

Silva spoke to Ariel Helwani on the latest edition of The MMA Hour (h/tGuilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting) and expressed his interest in a fight with street fighting sensation, Kimbo Slice.

"I want to make interesting fights," Silva said. "In Bellator, one guy that I would love to fight is Kimbo. And I'm not going to the ground. I want to fight in his area. I want to do a good show, I want to give emotion to my fans. When I can't do that I'm gonna really stop, but right now I feel good."

I'd be down with that

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Is this common?

in Japan it is

 

[DougFunnY]

I'm always down for freakshow fights and mma fukkery, but this is such an easy fight for Wand, there's no point in even setting it up. I'll always be a supporter of his though

 

[James Gordon]

Being honest I wanna see him fight Chris Leben one more time

Rampage is over there also lets see them do it again

 

[joeychizzle]

scrolling through my IG feed when I see wanderlei announcing he gonna fight saku :whatmayne:

I will always be a fan of WAND:cryingsalutemayne: but this is just fukkery :cubewtfmayne:

i'm still kinda sad regarding his terrible fall from grace :Mjomfgmayne: such a legend

those angry videos though

him and kimbo will be a mess, but a mess i'm defo gonna watch

 

[firemanBk]

Kimbo gonna be out forever. He just tested positive for steroids after that DaDa shyt show. Which is fine by me, that fight was epically terrible

 

[123456789]

They're both cheaters...make the fight @ heavyweight so it's a fairer fight. Something tells me Kimbo hurts him standing then Silva magically remembers he's Brazilian then wins on the ground.

Bellator is at its best when it's mixed with fukkery.

 

[puppetmaster]

Watching Kimbo KO Wandy (which is entirely possible unfortunately) would make for a very sad day

 

[Big Daddy]

I'd watch