Wanderlei Silva talks about UFC 116, Chris Leben, and more

This past weekend, Wanderlei Silva was supposed to face Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116, but was forced to pull out of the bout due to several injuries including…

…This past weekend, Wanderlei Silva was supposed to face Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116, but was forced to pull out of the bout due to several injuries including torn ligaments in his knee, and cracked ribs sustained during a training session prior to the event.
Despite the injuries, The Axe Murderer had to be convinced by those closest to him to finally pull the plug on the bout, as he had every intention of fighting Akiyama with a severe knee injury.
Silva is scheduled to have surgery on the damaged knee next week, and will likely be out of action until spring of 2011.
ProMMAnow.com sat down with Silva following his seminar at Nashville MMA on…

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Wanderlei Silva talks about UFC 116, Chris Leben, and more

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