Wanderlei to Drop to 185

[The Show Off]

I'm usually not a big fan of posting "news" without a link. However, yesterday I was watching ESPN's weigh in show on espn.com and one of their anlaysts came on and said that Wanderlei had finally decided to drop to 185 and fight at middle weight.

1. Do you think this will save his career that's seemed to be in a spiral since Mirko almost kicked his head off?

2. Do you think his recent losses to Mirko Filopovic, Dan Henderson (@205), Chuck Liddell, and Quinton Jackson were because of a weight/strength disadvantage, or from the accumulation of so many wars that've finally caught up?

3. If/When Wanderlei Sliva decides to fight who would you like him to fight first? What are some 185lb dream matches you'd want to see from The Axe Murderer?



1. I don't think this will save his career it'll probably just slow the decline that has already started.

2. I don't think he lost to any of this last four losses because he was too small I think he lost for various reasons. Mirko beat him because he just landed a brutal head kick that would have put anyone out. Henderson won because Wanderlei has possibly taken too much damage and it caught up to him. Chuck Liddell beat him because he just faught a smarter fight and out struck him, which may be because Silva is getting older and thus slower. And with Rampage anyone would have ben put out with that shot.

3. This first fight I think they should do would be against Patrick Cote, however Cote is out for a while so that won't happen so my next choice would be to put him against someone people know in the division like Kendall Grove or someone. Some dream matches at 185 would be against Vitor Belfort in a re-match of many years ago, against Dan Henderson in their rubber match, and against Anderson Sliva if Wanderlei's drop to 185 brings back the old Wanderlei a match against The Spider would be amazing.