If Wanderlei Silva has his way, we’ll see all the Brazilian’s fury unleashed on his adversaries this coming December. The MMA ace is dying to fight. And he asked top dog Dana White to call upon him. “I’m waiting to fight again, maybe in December, because it’s the best event of the year. I want to fight in December,” said the fighter in an interview on MSNBC, making clear what he wants.
The last time he stepped in the ring, at UFC 84, in May this year, his appetite for victory was such that he demolished Keith Jardine in the very first round, after only 36 seconds of combat.
Wanderlei has been gearing up to get back to his winning ways, since 2007 was not his best year, as he ended up losing to Dan Henderson, at Pride 33, and Chuck Liddell, at UFC 79.
Training with veteran Randy Couture, though, seems to have had a positive effect on the athlete’s career by giving him incentive to improve. “I train with Couture, he’s a really cool guy and helps me a lot. I think I need to work more on my wrestling and takedowns, because the athletes in my division are stronger and taller, harder to take down,” said Wanderlei, who hopes to always to take part in the fight of the night when going into battle. “Every time I fight I’ve got my eyes on the bonus: the fight of the night or knockout… Submission I think is unlikely, but I always want to have the fight of the night,” stated the Brazilian.
