Wandy wants Chute Boxe reformation

Professey Chin · 28-10-2010 12:06am #1

Wanderlei Silva wants his old Chute Boxe colleagues to reform in a 2010 version of the once-fearsome team, albeit under a different name. Silva and his coach Rafael Cordeiro released a video blog this week in which they called for ex-team members such as Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua to join with them and form a new superteam.

“Our intention now is to reunite the group. Shogun, come train with us… [Cordeiro is training] Mark Munoz, Renato Babalu, Kryzstoff Soszynski, Ryo Chonan… we have eight professionals. What we had back then (Chute Boxe days) we don’t have now, a variety of people to train with. But now professor Cordeiro is succeeding in putting it all together. Shogun come, and we will give you top training,” Silva said.

Alternating between addressing Shogun directly and addressing him in the second person, Silva expounded on his hopes.

“Its hard to even talk about Shogun, we will do anything we can to help Shogun. This kid became my idol in MMA. The guys is an idol now, the guy is amazing. Come back and bring your energy back for us! We need your energy here,” he said.

“Ninja [Rua], come and train with us. I think that all of us, with the same spirit and the same ideals, we have to unite again. It doesn’t matter where and how but we have to be back together - and we will be back together.

“Our group is coming back. I spoke with [Andre] Dida and Veio in Toronto, they will also be helping. Our ideal to make the best team in the world is already happening. Plus with the addition of new people like Babalu, Werdum - the whole world will want to come and train with us.

“Another person I would like to help is Anderson Silva. I can’t train right now [because of injury] but even if its just psychological, Anderson we want to help you in any way you need. Even if its just holding the stopwatch.”

Wanderlei is currently recovering from knee surgery to correct a torn ACL. He told Fighters Only that he expects to return in April with a fight against Chris Leben - and he expects the fight to take place in Toronto, Canada.

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Lets raise some hell;)

weemcd · 28-10-2010 1:44am

No coincidence that my two favourite fighters in shogun and wand come from chute boxe, if they were to re-unite along with top fighters from around the world id be all for watching it unfold.

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