#1 Wanderlei Silva vs Quinton Jackson 2
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If PRIDE is considered the Wild West of the MMA world, Wanderlei Silva vs Quinton Jackson is the OK Corral. Silva was at the peak of his savagery and at every opportunity, was stamping into spectators’ minds that his moniker, “The Axe Murderer”, was no accident.
This was a rematch of the 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix Final, where Silva had unleashed his wicked knees on Rampage’s skull with such ferocity that the referee had to rescue him from further torture.
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The sequel was even better than the original – Rampage’s power shots meshed with Silva’s wielding fists to paint a masterpiece of mayhem. The first round of the fight left the audience in the Saitama Super Arena breathless, with both drawing blood and buckling the other.
The chaos did not ebb in the second round and with a little over a minute to go, it looked as though a third round would be necessary. Just then Silva landed an uppercut that made Rampage retreat. Sensing his prey weaken, Silva let fly his secret weapon, this time with such fiendish intensity that Rampage was thrown into the abyss before the referee could step in.
It won Fight of the Year in 2004 and is tattooed in the hearts of fight lovers as one of the great wars in MMA history.
