UFC Hall of Famer Wanderlei Silva reveals he’s experiencing CTE symptoms in his latest declaration in the Le v Zuffa lawsuit.
Silva fought for the UFC 11 times, but his most notable success came during his career in Pride FC. In total, Silva fought 51 times as a pro-MMA fighter, and he was knocked out seven times.
“While fighting for the UFC, I suffered many significant injuries, including concussions. I fear that during my career I have suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI) and am noticing symptoms common with TBI and CTE including depression, mood swings, and irritability. To date, no treatment for CTE has been found,” Wanderlei Silva said.
“I suffer from sleep apnea and have difficulty sleeping and breathing. That I can recall, I have had four surgeries on my nose. One on my face. Two on my left knee. One on my right knee and one on my elbow,” Silva added.
As Wanderlei Silva says, he has dealt with plenty of injuries that resulted in surgeries. He also suffered brain damage which has caused him to experience CTE symptoms.
Wanderlei Silva says the money would be life-changing
If the fighters are able to win the lawsuit against the UFC, Wanderlei Silva says the money would be life-changing for him. The UFC Hall of Fame claims it would be able to make sure he has a roof over his head and food on the table.
“This would truly be life-changing money for me and for other members of the class. These funds would also allow me to obtain the healthcare I need and keep a roof over my head and food on my table. The sad reality is that funds years from now may be of no use to me. I can use and enjoy these funds with my family now,” Silva said.
Wanderlei Silva is 35-14-1 and one NC as a pro. Silva is the former Pride middleweight champion. In his career, Silva has notable wins over Rampage Jackson, Michael Bisping, and Dan Henderson among others.
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Dude literally put his life, and the lives of his opponents, on the line every single fight.
The first thing I thought was “in other news, water is wet”
Would believe it more if he wasnt trying to use it to get paid.
dayum you would think Wand in Brasil would have it made from Fan love
i wonder if a bunch of his savings went into that Wand training center in vegas, or it he ever made money off of that. 15 years ago Wanderlai was the man, moving his family to vegas because he wanted to raise his son in America, then a few years later moves back to Brazil because shits expensive out here.
He choose a sport rife with head injury but paid him well.
Now he has CTE and no money.
Guess who is entirely responsible for that?
He put his face on his Aston martin
Your mom?
The NFL is neutering itself to prevent injuries. When you tackle you basically have to wrap the guy up and lay them down on the ground. If you blast them you get penalized or even suspended. Not sure how mma can soften their sport. Maybe switch to only allowing open hand slaps to the head like Japan did back in the day.
I’m not very familiar with the lawsuit but how would he get money for having brain damage? Being under compensated maybe, but I don’t see why a company should pay you for the consequences you were aware of when you signed up.
Maybe not but the UFC can afford it so I don’t care about the details.
And I think pioneers like Royce, Severn, Shamrock, Frye, Coleman, etc, etc… should be getting checks in the mail after every UFC PPV.
I thought those guys all caused damage to themselves sparring like animals moreso than the fights…
He’s given cte to a lot of people stomping on their heads so this is karma. I heard Ninja is a stuttering idiot now. I sort of like Wanderlei but he had to pay the piper. Ninja can get fucked
Why?
Silva KOed Shogun in the dojo when he wouldn’t give him a puppy
I find Ninja to be a thug punk. He seems like a lot of the local punks I run into sometimes. He was a good fighter but seemed to enjoy stomping on peoples heads. I found him arrogant and always rooted against him
And how is he supposed to prove how much of it came from the UFC and not from his NHB or Pride days or from gym wars? It’s stupid.
Honestly, when I saw CroCop KOing him, I thought it was over for him. He fought for 12 years after that.
In his next fight (6 months later), this happened to him: -
