Nobody Wanted to Fight Him... Wanderlei Silva - The Scariest Knockout Machine in MMA
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- čas přidán 13. 01. 2023
- Wanderlei Silva brawled like a demon, defined the wild slobber-knocker genre and stomped opposition into oblivion on an industrial scale. Today we take a deep dive into the Axe Murderer’s bloodthirsty path of destruction, which made him the king of Pride FC.
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Just how much can the human body absorb? Tough mothers all. Any man that steps into the ring with these guys win or lose has my respect.
Bare knuckle. Dude.
It can take a lot of abuse if tempered in this stuff. Many of these people did this stuff since childhood. If I couldn't make it into the military, this was a fallback plan I had. Just to be a low-tier MMA fighter. Leukemia kinda stopped that though.
@@Khornecussion if you're not in remission now i hope you will be before you know it. Keep fighting brother.
Thats very true. These guys are on a death row...
Steroid
Absolute legend of the sport, he was at his peak in the golden era of MMA! The Pride FC saga, nothing like it will ever grace our eyes again!!
Chael
@@seansee6209 what about him?
@@davidalexander5407is that he beat a Wanderley way out of prime
@Wizzykin I could not agree more with you, also I think MMA has gotten too polished now in my opinion.
@@JeffersonSGCHESS I agree with you 100 %!! I miss those days so much, honestly I despise the UFC nowadays!
No shame in losing to crocop, that man was an absolute beast. To this day my favorite fight was him vs Fedor Emelianenko. Never seen anything like it since.
I'm a huge Mirko fan but the way that Fedor was able to counter his kicks and take the victory is one of the most impressive things in MMA.
Legendary fight hands down💯💪🏼
@@desyncer Nah, Fedor got lucky and rolled on top of Mirko twice when it was 50/50 who would land on top. Mirko still battered his face when they were standing.
I think you might have to rewatch the fight my guy. They were pretty equal in the stand up and it was skill not luck that Fedor ended up on top. I could see how you would think some of the third round takedowns were "luck" that Fedor ended up on top but that was because Mirko was exhausted and Fedor still had more jump. Listen, I am a huge Crocop stan but Fedor set the pace for that fight and blocked/avoided Mirko's best attacks then absolutely demolished him from top position.
Danna says fedor is not even a top 5 🤣🤣🤣 what a joke fedor is the goat 🐐 nobody come close
Back in early 2000s he was a living breathing Mortal Kombat character. There was no one like him
His pride fights got me into mma. Legend
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This was by far the most detailed documentary of Wanderlei's fight career ever. Thank you for this! Well done!
That fight with Fujita was INSANE.
The transition between all his chute-boxing attacks is like a steam- driven forging hammer smashing the opponents defenses relentlessly.
Cro cop
His losses on his record doesn't accurately describe him.. almost all those losses were razor thin.
I can't think of a scarier more intimidating dude than prime wanderlei.... You knew that it doesn't matter who he's fighting.. he always had at least a 50-50 chance of winning. Truly scary
I mean. Prime tyson is terrifying. George foreman and Joe Frazier.
Francis ngannou.
Few other early ufc and mma dudes.
Except big homie Chael Sonnen that is
Well usually you need to compare fighter at their peek a prime to be fair. Prime wanderlei was one of the most successful Fighters out there.
22 years professional MMA, 50 fights 35-14-1. A monster of the early days and legend in the sport.
Imagine how bad he would of done if he wasn't juiced to the gills.
@indigenous7046 everyone was on it shut up
@@indigenous7046Imagine how bad Jon Jones would've done if he wasn't juiced to the gills?
All fucking fighters juice.
If you think they don't you're naive.
You just aren't competitive at that level without it.
Vale Tudo was insane! Wand is my favorite fighter of all time. He was never the same after the Crocop KO.
Shogun and Silva were absolute savages back in Pride. They were two of my favorite fighters because of their killer instincts and brutal fighting style.
Also Pele aka Jose Landi Jones. He also was a member of team chute boxe
Always loved this man. Absolute savage. The older days were BRUTAL. Lordy!
Watching this dude in PRIDE on ESPN CLASSIC never got old... I'd watch the same broadcast over and over BECAUSE of Dude...
During Pride era he was unstoppable.. I miss the old days of mma.
Not until he met a cold looking Balkan dude that dealt a devastating kick
@@mukhtarsyajaratun1025 losing to strongest kicker ever does not stop him from being an absolute terrifying unit.
@@mukhtarsyajaratun1025 there is always someone bigger and/or stronger than you. He just eventually met his fate. Still a badass dude.
@@mukhtarsyajaratun1025 Are you referring to Gabriel Gonzaga?
or..............
@@user-ef4lr7to5m Mark Hunt beat Wanderlei before cro cop anyway
I’ve seen a lot of documentaries, especially of Silva. This, by far, is the best I have ever seen. You went into extreme detail with his career bouts and really threw me back watching this. Silva was a different kind of animal in his prime and PRIDE is where is was at. You should do documentaries and all OG fighters.
Please disregard my comments to you, cuz it's not fair to you, for me not to prove why...God bless :):)
One of the most iconic fighters in MMA history.
That fight with Dan Henderson though. Epic. Both of these guys are in my top favorite fighters. I couldn't even pick who i wanted to win.
The fact Henderson had such epic bouts with Wanderlei, then went onto have one of the best fights in UFC against Shogun is amazing! Pure Warriors all of them.
Fr shogun, Hendo, Axe murder.. legends. Rampage beat the brakes off chuck lidell in pride an wandeli murdered rampage lol..beast
Axe Murderer is literally the perfect name for this warrior. He fought with such ferocity.
31:25 His Pride instincts almost kicked in. He wanted to kick that guy in the face. 😂
What a true warrior
Back when I first got into MMA I didn’t take it seriously until 2013 long after Silvas prime, but I seen just an ordinary highlight video of his and he stood out from any other fighter I’ve seen at the time in regards to pure violence and devastation. Just an old school MMA savage who took on some daunting challenges, only somebody as crazy as Wandy would willingly take on a fight with a prime Mirko Cro Cop.
The fact that he fought hunt kills me 😂 what a fucking savage.
Holy bleep!!! So brutal. Win or lose, Wand didn't get cheated, he gave as good as he got. He beat the stuffin' out of the best opponents of the time. I wish I would have known about Pride 20 years ago. Seeing it here though is a blast.
This man was uniquely terrifying.
This man is literally an embodiment of what they called "Freak of Nature",his runs in Pride was perhaps one of the most successful,
Literally not, he was anything but natural in pride. When he had to tone the roids down for ufc his performance went down.
There's nothing natural about steroids my guy 🤣
Jon Jones is in steroids also Brock Lesnar all UFC is in steroids
@@israelbarello5590 9/10 of them are... don't kid yourself.
@@JeffersonSGCHESS yeah you'r right, to this day there are massive doubts if steroid abuse is performance enhancing in sports in generell...
Always liked him but this video…
Now I’m a huge fan! The man is a complete legend!!!
O Lutador de MMA que eu mais torci na vida. Esse dai me fez gostar desse esporte violento. Um dos melhores de todos os tempos.
Silva probably has the record for most punches landed and taken lol. So much damage and such a long career. Also those old school bare knucle fights with headbutts and soccer kicks were so brutal holy sh.. :D
One thing I always respected about Wand is that he was very good at not inflicting extra damage on his opponents whenever he got the knock out. He always seemed to fight with respect and sportsmanship. Him and Mark Hunt are the true masters of the walk off KO.
Not really you see him soccer kick dude in the back of the head
You must be kidding
I never thought of Silva that way but from this video yes you can see it several times. Good on him. Dan Henderson was brutal, he'd fly in with that bomb of a right on an already clearly unconcsious opponent and just wail away until stopped. I'd guess more than a few guys lost some bran cells fighting either of them but if I'm out cold on the floor I'd take Wanderlei over Hendo.
I was going to remind you of the heel stomps to the face of downed opponents but I was beat to it. So I'll just like that comment.
Fight with respect 😂😂😂😂
I don’t care how many losses he has, Wand will always be one of the most feared fighters ever.
Wanderlei did so much for mma, was always up for the fight Legend
I still remember sitting in the barbershop when I was in highschool and hearing all the arguments regarding who would win if Wanderlei Silva from Pride & Chuck Liddell from the UFC ever fought.
Then years later it finally happened. The anticipation was intense leading up to that fight & also
In my opinion.
It absolutely delivered almost everything that I thought it would.
What a legendary & exciting match up that was for the fans , I will never forget it.
Spuwing it didn't happen in Vanderlais Prime. That was post Crocop & Hunt Fight. Before those fights Vanderlais timing waa better and was a Juicey smashing machine. Even Chuck had take some hard knock outs
@paul carnevale couldn’t agree more. Actually neither one of them were in their prime which is very unfortunate for the fans. Wanderlei didn’t have the best chin he had been dropped numerous times but his recovery was really good and his speed in the wild exchanges had slowed not to mention not being able to deliver his patenent soccer kicks and foot stomps to downed opponents
@@davidmendizabal8133 legends not fighting in there prime against eachother is unfortunate, I agree but in this particular case.
How could of the fight been made while they was both in there prime giving that 1 was content being associated in Pride and the other was content fighting in the UFC?
@@DeanDangerousTDD7 There was a kit more possibility of cross-promotional matches back then between UFC and Pride. Dana White showed up in Pride a couple times hyping his fighters for cross-promotional matches.
If only silvas arms would have been a lil longer lol
No auge era problema pra qualquer um. Um estilo único de luta. Sem duvida nenhuma, o lutador que mais gostava de ver lutar, e mesmo na derrota, a gente sabia que ia ser era pancadaria pra todo lado. Wand ta na história.
Lutador excelente, o Wanderlei Silva!! Embora o estilo de socos dele era mais como na rua, e nem tão preciso como o Crocop, o Wand era extremamente rápido e era técnico também. E com toda a certeza é o Mestre no uso dos joelhos, cujas joelhadas eram imbatíveis, para não dizer "mortais"... No auge dele, realmente seria difícil qualquer pessoa no planeta bater nele!
Menos a que ele lutou con belfort
Nunca foi bom lutador, pouca tecnica, parecia que tava brigando na rua. A "tecnica" dele era tomar pancada e dar pancada de volta, e torcer pro outro cair antes. Mas sem duvida um dos icones do MMA, batia muito forte e nao corria de ninguem.
@@mathlucas01 Belfort é um merda, sempre fugiu do Wanderlei, o covarde recusou revanche
@@A2Gatote Calado, geração menine
I will never forget that fight Silva vs Stann 🔥
I find it pretty astounding how durable he was to endure so many slobberknockers haha. To me, that Hunt fight was a mistake for Silva. Hunt has a face of concrete and hits like a train. Also.. 80 pounds difference is crazy.
Yeah Vanderlais timing wasn't as good post Crocop and Hunt Fight. He'd just taken to much punishment before UFC
Left leg cemetary
It's called steroids, and that isn't even conspiracy, he tested positive for 1+ performance enhancing drugs in every one of the competitions
That's what Chael sonnen beat his ass 😂 couldn't keep taking his drugs on UFC contract
You remember when Manhoef Ko'd Hunt with a single punch?
Wanderlei was violence incarnate
Phiscophat
Cro cop was more dangerous
Mirko Filipović ska CRO Cop f...k up this violence of his face 👀
@So Good cro cop loses more during the time of both their relevancy (silva during pridefc), and got koed by kevin...... so things equaled out
@@Matriarchy_Feminism he did beat him
Wanderlei Silva vs Robbie Lawler at their prime would be fight of the century
Wand vs Igor vovchanchyn
Wand vs Melvin manhoef I've always felt would be bangers as well
Eu comecei a assistir MMA no Pride a segunda luta do Wanderley x Sacuraba, daí virei fã. Sou fã do Wanderley e do Fedor. Pra mim os melhores MMA raíz
Wanderlei Is a warrior
Wand!
Orgulho do nosso Brasil🇧🇷❤️
why doesn't he live in brasil?
@@tapsofosiris3110why would he
This was highly anticipated. Thank you for highlighting what a legend wanderlei silva was, I don't think he gets the respect he deserves. He is definitely one of my top 5 fighters of all time.
Now we need one more video like this on Shogun rua.
Rampage was always great at standing still and letting Silva, or anyone, tee off on his face in the clinch with knees
I'm deep into Boxing however I remember that Pride was HEAVY back then. And Silva was scary as heck. But I didn't know he fought so many great champions (Except for Crocop or Rampage).
A real warrior. He was born to do this
He was my favorite psychotic fighter!
What an amazing fighter Silva is or was, if he has retired (well earned) then happiness and peace to him and thanks for all the fabulous battles he won and the few he lost. Thanks for this absolutely brilliant run down of his fights.
He still fights 🤣
@@soldaat-van-oranje Thanks for that, appreciated.
@Derek Stocker I thought you know man it was more like amazing he still go on this beast
@@soldaat-van-oranje Yes, brilliant news!
Junky on roids and cocky only with his team
Really love this channel! Seeing some early fights from legend fighters is entertainment to us fans.❤
Best bio of Wanderlei in any you tube vid I’ve seen. Every minute of it was choice quality. Thank you
Wanderlei was the Mike Tyson of MMA and will forever be a Legend!
That's a bit of a stretch. Igor Vovchanchyn suits better for that comparison.
@@unwnme No way young been watching MMA before you were born and he was the most feared fighter in the world 🌎👍
This guy was vicious. Fearless, a warrior!
This man was a beast in the octagon! One of the best, if not the best, I’ve ever watched in MMA
Mark hunt vs wanderlei silva was literally the embodiment of unstoppable force meets immovable object.
Love the content Pal!! 👌👌 Very Well Put together!!
4:25 damn Vittor was like square, triangle, square, triangle, square, triangle, square, triangle, square, triangle,
Wanderlei Silva was the spirit of MMA. I don't think anyone loved fighting more than him.
The GOAT brazilian fighter. Anderson, Aldo, Victor, Shogun, Nogueira Brother, they were all good fighters, but Wander is the only warrior who left his heart in the octagon. He was the greatest of all Brazilians in this sport. Belfort is the biggest coward for never giving him the rematch. All the others gave and he didn't because he knows he won the only fight between them in luck.
Wand also gave rematch to Dan and 2 to Rampage Jackson. Even after his prime. Belfort never gave the rematch. It was truly disappointing.
Was looking everywhere for a Wanderlei documentary, and found this video. Boy did you guys nail it, definitely earned a subscriber.
Thanks for sharing this video with us, what a crazy fighter he was, one of the BEST in his PRIME!!
Ah Wanderlei respect, une vraie légende. Quelle belle époque le pride je me souviens encore chaque mois on acheté le DVD au marchand de journaux... Les intro des combattants au Pride c'était quelque chose.. Merci à Wanderlei de nous avoir autant régalé avec ces combats de guerriers.
One of my idols in MMA, Wanderlei Silva...
These videos are the best I’ve seen. You don’t have cringey voice overs and you have clean footage and give info for the fight
Thankyou x 1000 man !! So glad people are finally honouring Silvia again and so glad the younger gen will finally know there was more
To ufc than meets the eye
“Eating a high-kick like a KFC drumstick” LMAO
Świetny odcinek, z reszta tak samo jak inne. Dobra robota 👍 Pozdrowienia z Polski 💪
Thx for this, excellent!!
Love this guy…..proper scrapper……massive advocate and fantastic example for combat sports.
Silva is one of the legends of MMA. 🙏🏻 Hespect
Wanderlei is one of the best of all time, he's been in some brutal wars, I'm amazed his brain isn't mush by now and I'm happy it's not, I really hate seeing athletes suffer later on
Sublime. Sigue así, sabes que lo haces perfecto G
Grandísimos documentales
Great video brother I mean it's honestly it's one of the best productions I've seen in awhile.
Compared to nowadays where they just wait and wait and wait and wait and wait... And the fight still never started.... And then all of a sudden the match is over, and someone wins with points.... Entertaining innit... 👍Jon Jones wouldn't have a chance if he faced any of the best PRIDE fighters when they were at their prime today.
Agree w everything u said except the jones take. Only person i think could have beat jones was Fedor..Jones would have killed anyone else in pride, based soley on his wrestling. But aside from wrestlin he would have used his reach an unorthodox striking an killed dudes like silva
In pride rules prime Silva kill Jones
@@israelbarello5590 u must be absolutely off your rocker.. jones would submit him easily..and he could stay standin, an pick him apart from distance..
@@StealthTRD wanderlei never get submited Even sakuraba the Best grapler in that era didnt summit him
@@israelbarello5590 rampage never got finished either..correct sakaraba was the best grappler in that era, hes still no jon jones..
O cachorro Louco é um dos mais casca grossa que a minha geração já viu. Muito orgulho
Well produced video! Enjoyed it! Thanks.
Legendary content!! You even pick some wand interviews from brazilian podcasts, amazing!!
What savage legend
You cannot name a MMA fighter who was relentlessy as brutal and vicious as Wanderlei!!!
Mirko Filipović
@@Marko.Jovanovic agree
I love the way he stared at his opponent.
Love the last fight accolades and respect between Silva and Rampage .. Two legends of the sport .
Wand was indeed a monster fighting machine....hehehe....Parabens Wand. Vc merece tudo de bom cara. RESPECT!!!!!!😀👏👏👏💪💪💪BRASIIIIIIIIILLLLL
Absolute warrior
Another well put together video
Excellent documentary I thoroughly enjoyed it!
SIMPLESMENTE, HISTÓRICO!!!
Fighters like Silva are what attracted fans to MMA before it was cool.
Fantastic video. Modern MMA is a pale shadow of that old school glory!
Great video man!!! Awesome
Not a fan of Silva but I'd wager he would have won a fight with Chuck in his younger years. The guy had a lot of fights before even getting to Pride. Much respect to a guy at almost 40 just swinging like a machine till his lights go out or theirs do. Much respect!
I don't know man..
How about Mirko Filipović CRO cop,,, yeap
haha ..you wanna swing!?...lets SWING !
I doubt prime Wanderlei would've beat prime Liddell, because as they say "Styles make fights" Wanderlei's aggressive style and muay Thai wouldn't work too well against Chuck. Chuck was one of the best counter striker in MMA, and would've counter Wanderlei all night.
@@BoyDanny93 In either outcome it would have been great to watch!
Man, this was insane. His fights were entertaining as hell.
Yes Jonas, and also attractive in all his masculine muscular strength. I would accept an invitation to a date with a man like him with excitement.
That intro was cold dude, that was a good edit!
Ghostemane and MMA work really well together as it turns out
Wanderlei Silva, eine Legende des Kampfsports🙏💙💪👊
Ihm, wie all den anderen Kämpfern, gebührt mein größter Respekt
Legendär auch sein Interview über die lächerlichen UFC Regeln, ohne Headbutt, Stomp und Soccerkicks ist es kein richtiger Kampf für ihn
Nostalgic of that old era. The pride, Fedor & all that stuff.
Love this channel!
He was exciting as hell always go to war
O homem é incentivo sim para os novos atletas o homem era monstro nos ringue
the script for each video is fantastic!
What a beast 💪💪💪
The man with whom you don't want to be left alone with in a dark alley...
... or you do, if you are being mugged, and need a tag team
Rampage, Wanderlai, Cro Cop so of my favorite fighters of all time, great vid man
Incredible content!
Wanderlei Silva siempre me pareció un psicópata .... eso se nota por las patadas (talonazos) que intentaba darles en la cabeza a sus oponentes en el suelo, con eso no solo iba a ganar la contienda sino que también iba a fracturarles el cráneo y parece que eso no le importaba .... Esas patadas (talonazos) parecen ser un invento de él ....
Literally everyone did it back then.
Mirko Cro Cop enters the chat
He slips on wanderleis poop an leaveeeeesssss.....
@@horst-detlefkrawutschke8469 don’t know what you’re talking about, they fought twice Cro Cop demolished him both times
@@LjekarnaDajkovic What? Watch the video. First fight was a draw.
@@aljosaskrabelj8412 second one a slaughter
@@LjekarnaDajkovic heavyweight vs a small light heavyweight or decent sized middle weight