
International Vale Tudo Championship 6 fight video of Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva (4-1) Vs. Mike Van Arsdale (4-1). The fight took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 23, 1998.
I love to see these fights, but the quality of these videos is crap. Wandy!!
Awesome!! No gloves, few rules. Old school Wanderlei. Well done to Van Arsdale too, he’s a stand out wrestler but tried a bit of striking before getting completely flattened!!!
*wow*that was one devestating kick (back of the neck). I see why they do not allow kicks like that in the “modern” version of MMA. Its scary to watch but incredible–no f*ckin gloves, no quick ref stoppage, no crowds booing cuz they work the mat…its a technical brawl between two damn real men. Good to see the roots of it all…
Oh lord that leg was snapped like an obese lady sitting on an olive branch. There goes his career, hes done he should just try to sell candy because nothing would of been more sweeter than to see his leg come off. oh yeah go wandy!
Soccer kicks to the back of the head…BRUTAL
WANDY!!!! Classik vale tudo fight. Takes brass ball to fight in general, but even more impressive to fight in that type of venue similar to the old UFC and perhaps a must for any up-and-comming fighter to add to their resume.
That’s back in the day when Wandy was scary! Why the hell would Van Arsdale let him up, big mistake.
ouchhhhh
The roots! i hope UFC would go (or atleast have another category match) to the old bare knucles fighting! This is as raw as it can get! Wandy back then is really explosive.
quick stoppage there……..
Van Arsdale actually out of the 5 min or so, he actually was dominating. Didn’t even see a hit. All I seen was a kick in the back of the head to a down opponnet. Crazy
love the Old School also. But the new rules are much safer and make better fights
I agree that this is very raw and can be very exciting, the problem with Vale Tudo is that there is no timed rounds and if a fight is not finished quickly then the fights can become very slow and boring.
man, wanderlei looked fuckin scary , even when his trainer was talking to him hi didnt take his focus off the oponent… hes a beast!