{"id":205816,"date":"2016-09-30T22:46:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T05:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=205816"},"modified":"2016-09-30T22:46:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T05:46:38","slug":"wanderlei-silva-warns-rizin-ff-fighters-isnt-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/wanderlei-silva\/wanderlei-silva-warns-rizin-ff-fighters-isnt-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlei Silva warns Rizin FF fighters: This isn&#8217;t the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pride FC icon <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/wanderlei-silva-released-from-ufc-after-making-public-apology-for-fixed-fight-allegations\/\">Wanderlei Silva was released by the UFC earlier this year<\/a>, and wasted little to no time in signing with Bellator MMA, and with Rizin Fighting Federation.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8216;The Axe Murderer&#8217; currently doesn&#8217;t have any fights set with either promotion, he has made several appearances with both promotions. Recently, in Saitama, Japan, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/wanderlei-silva\/krazy-horse-and-wanderlei-silva-get-heated-backstage-at-rizin\/\">Silva appeared at the promotions opening round of their World Grand Prix.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wanderlei-Silva.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wanderlei-Silva.png\" alt=\"Wanderlei Silva\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-182613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wanderlei-Silva.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wanderlei-Silva-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wanderlei-Silva-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Wanderlei-Silva-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a recent press conference for Rizin, Silva warned Rizin fighters that this isn&#8217;t the UFC, and they need to put on spectacular performances.<\/p>\n<p>Reddit user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MMA\/comments\/55547k\/wanderlei_silva_blasts_rizin_fighters_this_isnt\/\" target=\"_blank\">TrulySkeptical<\/a> has the translation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNow, sincerely, I want to ask all fighters who fought yesterday. Some of them fought well, but some young ones left a lot to be desired. I was ashamed yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters scared of engaging each other, two or three minutes without action in the fight. This isn\u2019t UFC! The only thing that can make you come back to this event is to fight well, it\u2019s not the victory, it is to perform well.<\/p>\n<p>There is no place for cowards here, you either are tough and come to fight or don\u2019t come, stay in your home. Sincerely, I hope you perform much better in December or no one will come back. I was very sad because a lot of times I gave my blood in that ring so that you could have what you are having now here.<\/p>\n<p>So, everyone who is afraid, don\u2019t come in December. December has no place for kids, we just have place for men, men who wants to fight. Anyone who doesn\u2019t want to fight, stay home.<\/p>\n<p>Me and Mirko will show in December how it\u2019s done. How an epic fight, a true gladiators\u2019 fight is done, not by two cowards in that ring. Yesterday I was ashamed of you. I hope that in December you come back in a better way.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pride FC icon Wanderlei Silva was released by the UFC earlier this year, and wasted little to no time in signing with Bellator MMA, and with Rizin Fighting Federation. While &#8216;The Axe Murderer&#8217; currently doesn&#8217;t have any fights set with either promotion, he has made several appearances with both promotions. Recently, in Saitama, Japan, Silva [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":204197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10205],"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 warns Rizin FF fighters: This isn&#039;t the UFC | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/wanderlei-silva\/wanderlei-silva-warns-rizin-ff-fighters-isnt-ufc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wanderlei Silva warns Rizin FF fighters: This isn&#039;t the UFC | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pride FC icon Wanderlei Silva was released by the UFC earlier this year, and wasted little to no time in signing with Bellator MMA, and with Rizin Fighting Federation. 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