MMA legend Wanderlei Silva says he's lucky to be alive after getting hit by a car -- AGAIN -- while riding his bike in Curitiba, Brazil.
"I could even have died if I wasn’t wearing a helmet,” Silva told Brazilian media outlet Tribuna.
The 43-year-old legend was biking Wednesday across a large street with two traffic lights ... when something went horribly wrong.
"The first one was green ... but I cannot [be sure] if the second turned red in the process."
Silva says he was thrown from his bike -- suffering cuts on his face and a broken bone in his foot.