Wanderlei Silva

E394775

Brazilian mixed martial artist human mixed martial artist

Wanderlei Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist famed for his aggressive striking style and legendary run in PRIDE Fighting Championships.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Wanderlei Silva canonical	6
Wanderlei	1
Wanderlei César da Silva	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3881834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wanderlei Silva
Context triple: [Mark Hunt, hasWonAgainst, Wanderlei Silva]

A. Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre is a Canadian mixed martial artist widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, known for his dominant championship reigns and well-rounded skill set.
B. Jorge Masvidal
Jorge Masvidal is an American mixed martial artist known for his long UFC career, striking skills, and record-setting five-second knockout of Ben Askren.
C. Mikey Liddell
Mikey Liddell is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including the science fiction action movie "Terminator Salvation."
D. Chuck Liddell
Chuck Liddell is a retired American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion widely regarded as one of the sport’s early superstars and most iconic knockout artists.
E. Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie is a pioneering mixed martial artist who popularized Brazilian jiu-jitsu worldwide through his dominant performances in the early Ultimate Fighting Championship events.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wanderlei Silva
Target entity description: Wanderlei Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist famed for his aggressive striking style and legendary run in PRIDE Fighting Championships.

A. Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre is a Canadian mixed martial artist widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, known for his dominant championship reigns and well-rounded skill set.
B. Jorge Masvidal
Jorge Masvidal is an American mixed martial artist known for his long UFC career, striking skills, and record-setting five-second knockout of Ben Askren.
C. Mikey Liddell
Mikey Liddell is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including the science fiction action movie "Terminator Salvation."
D. Chuck Liddell
Chuck Liddell is a retired American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion widely regarded as one of the sport’s early superstars and most iconic knockout artists.
E. Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie is a pioneering mixed martial artist who popularized Brazilian jiu-jitsu worldwide through his dominant performances in the early Ultimate Fighting Championship events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brazilian mixed martial artist ⓘ human ⓘ mixed martial artist ⓘ
birthDate	1976-07-03 ⓘ
birthPlace	Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil ⓘ linked to: Curitiba
blackBeltIn	Brazilian jiu-jitsu ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Brazil ⓘ
debutInMMA	1996 ⓘ
familyName	Silva ⓘ
fightingOutOf	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⓘ linked to: Las Vegas, Nevada
founded	Wand Fight Team ⓘ
fullName	Wanderlei César da Silva ⓘ linked to: Wanderlei Silva
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Wanderlei ⓘ linked to: Wanderlei Silva
hasFoughtIn	Brazil ⓘ Japan ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
knownFor	fighting in PRIDE Middleweight division ⓘ multiple Fight of the Night performances in UFC ⓘ
languageSpoken	Portuguese ⓘ
nationality	Brazilian ⓘ
nickname	Cachorro Louco ⓘ The Axe Murderer ⓘ
notableFor	aggressive striking style ⓘ brutal knees and soccer kicks ⓘ long unbeaten streak in PRIDE ⓘ
notableRival	Chuck Liddell ⓘ Dan Henderson ⓘ Kazushi Sakuraba ⓘ Mirko Cro Cop ⓘ Quinton Jackson ⓘ
occupation	gym owner ⓘ professional fighter ⓘ
organization	Bellator MMA ⓘ PRIDE Fighting Championships ⓘ linked to: Pride Fighting Championships Ultimate Fighting Championship ⓘ
residence	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⓘ linked to: Las Vegas, Nevada
sport	mixed martial arts ⓘ
style	Brazilian jiu-jitsu ⓘ Muay Thai ⓘ
titleHeld	PRIDE 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix Champion ⓘ linked to: Pride Fighting Championships PRIDE Middleweight Championship ⓘ linked to: Pride Fighting Championships
trainedAt	Chute Boxe Academy ⓘ
weightClass	catchweight ⓘ light heavyweight ⓘ middleweight ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mark Hunt → hasWonAgainst → Wanderlei Silva ⓘ

Inoki Genome Federation → hasNotableParticipant → Wanderlei Silva ⓘ

Chuck Liddell → notableVictoryOver → Wanderlei Silva ⓘ

Mark Hunt → hasNotableWinOver → Wanderlei Silva ⓘ

subject linked to: Super Samoan

Pride Fighting Championships → champion → Wanderlei Silva ⓘ

Mirko Cro Cop → defeated → Wanderlei Silva ⓘ

Wanderlei Silva → fullName → Wanderlei César da Silva ⓘ

linked to: Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva → givenName → Wanderlei ⓘ