For more background click here. The “Axe Murderer” was also in town to sponsor the start of Alex Silva Ruas’ — a fourth degree blackbelt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu — MMA gym. One more pic and a video of the ceremony after the jump.
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why did he get a key there?
wand looks like unfrozen caveman lawyer
ddnt he get this key over a month ago?
wow, that’s a big head..
Geico
now I realize why vanderlei looks small for the LHW.. his head alone weighs a ton!
I think it was somthing about him helping underprevalaged teenagers, or somthing to that affect.
Wandi rocking the suite! Dude looks sharp with a nice tie and jacket! Now go kick someone’s ass!
Holy crap the size of his head….
is it his whole head or just his face?
Look out Tito, here comes Wandy!
Nice to see good things happen to a good guy.
agreed even tho i think hes in the twilight of his career which i think is heartbreaking im glad to see him be respected the way he should be
hes one of the pioneers of the sport and im glad hes getting honored with the key to the city
well said. Wand is the greatest!
Where is that SSgt’s cover? Outside without a cover jeeze.
he stole liddells hand sign
Is that copyrighted by Chuck Liddell these days? Back when I was a kid, surfers and skaters made that motion to signify “hang loose”. Wow kids these days. I guess next when someone raises their first two fingers in a V formation, they’ll be stealing 50 cent’s sign.
It does mean “hang loose”, or like “hang ten” in Hawaii. What Liddell does is the sign for The Pit.
wow ru486 you are one smart dude. i never would have thought surfers would have used that sign. coming from a family tree without many branches you must shine like a diamond around town. actually last time i held up 2 fingers in a v shape, i was telling your dad how many of your hic sisters i wanted to bang for five dollars.
I thought he lived in Vegas?
Wow, look how much physically smaller Wandi is then what he looked like previous years in Japan.
caveman brawler in a suite
Thats me in the PIC!!!!!!!!!!! He was an amazing person in real life.
Awesome dude. Wanderlei is one of my absolute biggest heroes – right up there with John Lennon and Al Pacino.
those air force cammmies are ugly as fuck!! and you need to try a little PT sometime homie,
wandi has a big dome
I was there it was cool to meet the axe murderer.
Wanderlei is the man!
I was there and met Wanderali in person also! Afterwards, we went to a Chinese food buffet together. Wanderali and I only ate shrimp and sushi, so we were asked to leave after 3 hours. That is totally unfair! The owners would not let us fill up on expensive stuff, but we wanted too. They said to just eat rice and eggroll if we wanted more, but we were hungry for sushi. Well, Wandy and i are never eating there again.
You guys are funny. It’s the mayor of Pensacola in the 1st pic. It’s my youtube video. Hey helped set up a program with Alex Ruas for local kids and teens to train BJJ and Muay Thai for free in an effort to get fighting and violence off the streets and into a more appropriate and controlled environment. It helps to show the possitive side of MMA and just martial arts in general, especially after that whole Brock Lesnar fiasco. Props to Wandy, Alex, and the military dude in the 2nd pic for serving our country.
By the way, Brock, Wandy talks about how he knows it is important for him to lead by example since he’s so well known now for being a fighter. Maybe once you get you’re act together you might think about following suit.