Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva was the scariest man in Pride. The Chute Boxe striker from Curitiba held the Pride middleweight title from 2001 to 2007, won the 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix, and holds Pride records for wins, knockouts, title defences and longest winning streak, built on stomps, soccer kicks and the Muay Thai clinch that wrecked Kazushi Sakuraba three times and Quinton Jackson twice.
His UFC years brought a famous 2008 war with Chuck Liddell, a knockout of Keith Jardine and a final win over Brian Stann, before he ran from a 2014 drug test and was banned. He finished his career in Bellator against Chael Sonnen and Rampage Jackson and joined the UFC Hall of Fame in 2024. CagePotato covered every chapter of the feud with Sonnen.
| Full name | Wanderlei César da Silva |
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| Nickname | The Axe Murderer |
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| Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil |
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