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Wanderlei Silva faces toughest fight yet: battling CTE symptoms post-UFC career

Former UFC and Pride FC star, Wanderlei Silva has revealed as part of a declaration amid the ongoing Zuffa vs. Le antitrust lawsuit, how he is battling likely CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) symptoms from his time in mixed martial arts.

Silva, a former mixed martial arts superstar who competed professionally from 1996 until his most recent fight against Quinton Jackson back in 2018, has competed 51 separate times during his lengthy career in professional mixed martial arts.

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Boasting a 35-14-1(1) professional record at the time of publication, Wanderlei Silva, a former Pride FC middleweight champion and middleweight Grand Prix victor, also competed in the UFC on multiple occasions, facing off with Tito Ortiz for the light heavyweight crown during an initial tenure before his second stint began back in 2007.