{"id":171591,"date":"2015-10-16T14:03:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T21:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=171591"},"modified":"2015-10-16T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T21:03:25","slug":"wanderlei-silva-wants-to-work-with-the-nevada-athletic-commission-despite-being-banned-by-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/wanderlei-silva-wants-to-work-with-the-nevada-athletic-commission-despite-being-banned-by-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlei Silva wants to work with the Nevada Athletic Commission despite being banned by them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite former UFC star Wanderlei Silva\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wanderlei-silvas-lifetime-ban-has-been-reversed-new-hearing-to-take-place\/\" target=\"_blank\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wanderlei-silva-sues-nevada-state-athletic-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\">battles<\/a> with the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wanderlei-silva-plans-court-review-lifetime-ban-nsac\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nevada Athletic Commission<\/a>, it seems like the \u201cAxe Murderer\u201d wants to still work with them to better the sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This commission should have a professional athlete working there,&#8221; said Silva in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/10\/16\/9548081\/morning-report-ufc-wanderlei-silva-nac-nick-diaz-ronda-rousey-conor-mcgregor-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a> report. &#8220;I am available to work together with the commission to create clear laws that give the athletes the proper respect. The athletes deserve more respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you feel that professional athletes should be more involved in the various positions that oversee rules, regulations and judging in MMA?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite former UFC star Wanderlei Silva\u2019s numerous battles with the Nevada Athletic Commission, it seems like the \u201cAxe Murderer\u201d wants to still work with them to better the sport. &#8220;This commission should have a professional athlete working there,&#8221; said Silva in a MMA Fighting report. &#8220;I am available to work together with the commission to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":128542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wanderlei Silva wants to work with the Nevada Athletic Commission despite being banned by them | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wanderlei Silva wants to work with the Nevada Athletic Commission despite being banned by them. 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