On at the present time in 2003, Rampage Jackson and Wanderlei Silva met contained in the ring for the primary time once they clashed in Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Final.
UFC legends Rampage Jackson and Wanderlei Silva were involved in certainly one of the most important rivalries in MMA history, having fought 4 times over their respective careers.
The 2 first met back in 2003 within the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix final that took place in Japan, competed for the middleweight title.
On the identical night, each Silva and Jackson picked up wins within the semi final, with Jackson having knocked out Chuck Liddell and ‘The Axe Murderer’ having picked up a call win over Hidehoko Yoshida.
Silva landed 17 knees to the top of Rampage on the approach to brutal KO win
Having knocked out ‘The Iceman’ within the semi final, Rampage got here into the ultimate high on confidence, but Wanderlei was undefeated in 14 fights and was seemingly unstoppable on the time.
As soon because the fight began, Rampage shot for a takedown however the Brazilian jumped on his neck and immediately threatened a guillotine choke.
Jackson opted to drop to the bottom and controlled top position for some time, where he looked to rain down ground-and-pound.
Despite having landed a couple of huge knees to Rampage’s head, the referee stepped in and stood the 2 middleweights up because of the shortage of motion.
Soon after them being stood up, Wanderlei wrapped Jackson up in a Thai clinch and immediately began landing huge knees to the top of Rampage. In addition to that, Silva landed a couple of brutal soccer kicks.
Again shortly after, Wanderlei once more clinched up and continued landing huge knees which began to wear on Jackson as he wobbled backwards.
And after what was practically 17 knees to the top in a row, the referee subsequently stepped in and called a stop to the fight.
The 2 legends went on to fight three more times
Just below a 12 months later, the 2 met again at Pride 28 and once more, Silva scored the knockout win via knees to the top.
It then wasn’t until 2008 until they met again, this time under the UFC banner, though, and Jackson finally got his revenge with a primary round knockout.
They controversially competed in a fourth fight in 2018 once they clashed at Bellator 206 when each fighters were over 40 years old, with Rampage once more scoring the knockout win, putting them at 2-2 of their rivalry.