Dream Stage Entertainment has announced on its Japanese web site that Fedor Emelianenko has been forced to withdraw from the Pride Open Weight Grand Prix, and his replacement will be none other than "The Axe Murderer," Wanderlei Silva. Dream Stage had hoped that Fedor would be ready to fight in time for the second round of the Grand Prix when it takes place on July 1st, but the surgery to repair Fedor's severely damaged hand has a very long recovery process. Fedor's doctor stated that the metal plate in Fedor's hand would not be ready to be surgically removed until June at the earliest, which would make it impossible for Fedor to fight on July 1st. Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva will now get the first-round bye that was originally given to Fedor as the Heavyweight Champion, and will complete what is arguably the best "final eight" in any tournament in the history of MMA. The eight quarter-finalists are Wanderlei Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop, Mark Hunt, Hidehiko Yoshida, Josh Barnett, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Fabricio Werdum. The quarter-final match-ups will be announced in the coming weeks.
i think Dana is done with sending his guys over there....Chuck DESPERATELY wanted to go over and fight Wandy, and Dana was having NONE of that shit
I tought his contract with the UFC was over. Now that pride seem serious abouy getting into the states, i don't think we will ever see those kind of thing again. BTW Silva would butt rape him
probably....silva is too fast and explosive, but he could get tagged....it wont happen any time soon, so it doesnt matter as far as Arlovski....UFC will re-up him i THINK, esp coming off of a loss....He would have gotten mega bank wth a knockout of Silvia in the second fight, but now he should be a little more affordable
Good idea by Dana, Silva would have destroyed him. Jackson almost killed him in the Pride GP lightheavy tourney.
