Wanderlei Silva is a living legend in both the annals of MMA, and also those of nice guy history. He loves his fans, has never been in a boring fight and has shown in his more recent bouts that he may have a few more miles left on his body than people believed.
With that in mind, he’s likely to fight Patrick Cote when the UFC rolls into Macau for the first time in November. Cote is literally the perfect matchup for Silva; a guy who will produce fireworks and go until someone can’t anymore, so it’s hard to complain.
But in the event that the UFC loses Cote to injury or other circumstances, here are some names that might be nice to see across the cage from the PRIDE legend.