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Wanderlei Silva honored with the key to the City of Pensacola, Florida (Pic and video)

For more background click here. The "Axe Murderer" was also in town to sponsor the start of Alex Silva Ruas' -- a fourth degree blackbelt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu -- MMA gym. One more pic and a video of the ceremony after the jump.

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why did he get a key there?

by Mike on Jul 17, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wand looks like unfrozen caveman lawyer

by neihrick on Jul 17, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ddnt he get this key over a month ago?

by JOhn G on Jul 18, 2009 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow, that’s a big head..

by shamo84 on Jul 18, 2009 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Geico

by McArthur on Jul 18, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

now I realize why vanderlei looks small for the LHW.. his head alone weighs a ton!

by shamo84 on Jul 18, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it was somthing about him helping underprevalaged teenagers, or somthing to that affect.

by DB on Jul 17, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wandi rocking the suite! Dude looks sharp with a nice tie and jacket! Now go kick someone’s ass!

by mmamac on Jul 17, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap the size of his head….

by DJ on Jul 17, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

is it his whole head or just his face?

by Egads on Jul 17, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Look out Tito, here comes Wandy!

by Jono on Jul 17, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice to see good things happen to a good guy.

by SHORT_BUS on Jul 17, 2009 11:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

agreed even tho i think hes in the twilight of his career which i think is heartbreaking im glad to see him be respected the way he should be

hes one of the pioneers of the sport and im glad hes getting honored with the key to the city

by Jared on Jul 18, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well said. Wand is the greatest!

by natedog77 on Jul 18, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where is that SSgt’s cover? Outside without a cover jeeze.

by staples on Jul 18, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he stole liddells hand sign

by day1er on Jul 18, 2009 7:47 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is that copyrighted by Chuck Liddell these days? Back when I was a kid, surfers and skaters made that motion to signify “hang loose”. Wow kids these days. I guess next when someone raises their first two fingers in a V formation, they’ll be stealing 50 cent’s sign.

by RU486 on Jul 18, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It does mean “hang loose”, or like “hang ten” in Hawaii. What Liddell does is the sign for The Pit.

by Tom on Jul 18, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow ru486 you are one smart dude. i never would have thought surfers would have used that sign. coming from a family tree without many branches you must shine like a diamond around town. actually last time i held up 2 fingers in a v shape, i was telling your dad how many of your hic sisters i wanted to bang for five dollars.

by day1er on Jul 18, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought he lived in Vegas?

by Robert(1) on Jul 18, 2009 7:57 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow, look how much physically smaller Wandi is then what he looked like previous years in Japan.

by Luppers on Jul 18, 2009 8:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

caveman brawler in a suite

by plotze on Jul 18, 2009 8:46 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thats me in the PIC!!!!!!!!!!! He was an amazing person in real life.

by Dalton on Jul 18, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Awesome dude. Wanderlei is one of my absolute biggest heroes – right up there with John Lennon and Al Pacino.

by RU486 on Jul 18, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

those air force cammmies are ugly as fuck!! and you need to try a little PT sometime homie,

by dalton sucks on Jul 23, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wandi has a big dome

by brian on Jul 18, 2009 9:31 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I was there it was cool to meet the axe murderer.

by mizzle on Jul 18, 2009 1:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wanderlei is the man!

by Khaos_Warrior on Jul 18, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I was there and met Wanderali in person also! Afterwards, we went to a Chinese food buffet together. Wanderali and I only ate shrimp and sushi, so we were asked to leave after 3 hours. That is totally unfair! The owners would not let us fill up on expensive stuff, but we wanted too. They said to just eat rice and eggroll if we wanted more, but we were hungry for sushi. Well, Wandy and i are never eating there again.

by Lawrence on Jul 18, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You guys are funny. It’s the mayor of Pensacola in the 1st pic. It’s my youtube video. Hey helped set up a program with Alex Ruas for local kids and teens to train BJJ and Muay Thai for free in an effort to get fighting and violence off the streets and into a more appropriate and controlled environment. It helps to show the possitive side of MMA and just martial arts in general, especially after that whole Brock Lesnar fiasco. Props to Wandy, Alex, and the military dude in the 2nd pic for serving our country.

by Jake on Jul 19, 2009 12:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

By the way, Brock, Wandy talks about how he knows it is important for him to lead by example since he’s so well known now for being a fighter. Maybe once you get you’re act together you might think about following suit.

by Jake on Jul 19, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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