Hard to pick the one greatest staredown ever. There’s been many times where you’re just amazed by the venom inside both of the fighters’ eyes and hatred for one another, but if I was forced to pick one I’d pick the staredown between Mirko CroCop Filipovic and Wanderlei Silva when they met for the first time in Pride FC. These two captured the essence of hate, anger, disdain, wrath, rage and a whole of bunch of horrifying adjectives which are the precursor to some serious violence. It was a beautiful moment showing the calm before the storm in the ring.

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It’s pretty amazing how such a crazed beast inside the cage can be such a warm and fan friendly personality. But Wanderlei Silva is such a generous fighter with fans it’s really incredible. I had a lot of respect for Silva but this video of him underneath defending the right for his fans at the UFC Fan Expo to take pictures with him, even though there was a mile long lineup of Wanderlei enthusiasts still waiting for their chance to take a shot and get something signed by the Brazilian. I’d imagine most athletes or celebrities would have understandably taken the out that this lady was giving Silva to save him some time, but he pushed and fought hard to make sure that every fan got a chance to not only get an autograph and also a picture with the former Pride FC Middleweight champ.

If any fans happen to be in the area and can make this event I’d recommend it. If you’re a fan of Wanderlei, meeting him in person would only increase that support you have for the UFC middleweight/light-heavyweight. Sometimes you walk away from celebrities somewhat dissapointed by their non-interest for their fanbase, but with Silva he seems to perennially have a genuine monster smile and ultra-positive attitude whenever I have witnessed any fan-fighter interaction between himself and the legion of supporters he has garnerned across the globe.

Wanderlei Silva talks about the unfortunate series of events that happened at the last weeks of his camp in preparation to fight Yoshihiro Akyiama at UFC 116 on Wanderlei’s birthday July 3. He talks about his injuries, upcoming surgeries, and ask for support from his fans.

Wanderlei Silva, who was scheduled to meet Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116 on July 3, has been forced to withdraw from the card due to fractured ribs suffered in training, UFC president Dana White confirmed with MMA Fighting Tuesday afternoon.

Silva (33-10-1) is 2-3 inside the octagon. He most recently defeated Michael Bisping at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia.