he fought a bunch of scrubs in pride, half of the fighters he fought shouldnt even be classed as pro's more like amateurs.
he was always a mediocre fighter and as soon as he fought real competition he got destroyed by mark hunt and then a legion of other fighters including american hero hendo
he couldnt even beat chris leben ffs, guys a bonafied scrub
He actually fought Hendo twice, the first time Wanderlei beat him, your American hero didn't win that time lol, and in the Hunt fight apart from the 'overdramatic' Hunt butt first attack and some nice ground and pound for a short time, Silva controlled the takedowns for most of the fight, and should of won.
Everyone in the crowd knew it, look at Hunt's face, he even thought it might of gone Silvas way.
He also beat Cro Cop the first time they fought but for some reason they called it a draw lol what a joke.
People only forget his losses but forget that he actually beat Hendo and Cro Cop in his prime, and both Mirko and Mark Hunt are heavyweights, Silva gave up a lot of weight to these guys.
However, there was a stretch of time there in Pride when he was fighting tiny Japanese 'cans' where it was just obvious you knew it was going to be a beatdown, that is true, maybe 3 to 4 guys that had no business being in the ring with him, including Sakuraba, who was way smaller than Silva.
But you can't blame the Japanese they tried to find any one of their own to dethrone Silva but it wasn't going to happen lol.
