Wanderlei Silva is scheduled to return to the octagon. After being knocked out by Chris Leben at UFC 132, in July, and suffering his sixth defeat in the last eight fights, the Brazilian was retired by UFC president, Dana White, but the big man came back and the former Pride champion will have a new chance in his organization .
Last Wednesday, Wand was called up to replace the injured Vitor belfort in the fight against Cung le at UFC 139, an event that takes place on November 19th, San Jose, and during the announcement, the top hat made a point of remembering his statements after Silva's setback against Leben.
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Belfort is injured and Wanderlei Silva faces Cung Le at UFC 139
“I'm sure you remember what I said about Wanderlei after his last fight. He was very upset and wanted a new opportunity, so he will have his chance”, said White, who was full of praise for the Brazilian. “This guy has been in this sport a long time and I have a lot of respect for him. He’s fine, so we’re going to give him another chance”, added the top hat.
However, White did not fail to reaffirm that Wanderlei Silva is at risk if he is defeated by the former Strikeforce champion.
“There's a fine line between telling a guy he has to retire and him actually wanting to retire. We'll give you this fight with the Cung le and we’ll see from there”, concluded Dana.
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God willing, everything will be fine, because Wand is a star and will always be in MMA, active or not, I'm really rooting for him
so that he has more victory in his life. (GO CRAZY DOG).