MARTIAL ARTS

Wanderlei Silva

1976 - Today

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Wanderlei César da Silva ( VAN-dər-lay, Brazilian Portuguese: [vɐ̃deʁˈlej ˈsɛzɐʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ], Japanese: [bandaɾeː ɕi.ɯba]; born 3 July 1976) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist who competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He holds the record for the most wins, knockouts, title defenses and longest winning streak in PRIDE history. He is the former PRIDE Middleweight Champion and the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wanderlei Silva has received more than 3,502,837 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wanderlei Silva is the 54th most popular martial arts (up from 55th in 2019), the 739th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 712th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Martial Arts.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Wanderlei Silva ranks 54 out of 179. Before him are Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Takao Kawaguchi, Alexander Volkanovski, Hongman Choi, Jon Jones, and Mark Coleman. After him are Islam Makhachev, Dustin Poirier, Bas Rutten, Kevin Randleman, Israel Adesanya, and Daniel Cormier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Wanderlei Silva ranks 204. Before him are Eric Prydz, Sandra Nasić, Bruno Lage, Sami Vänskä, Stefan Holm, and Marlene Favela. After him are Gilberto, Lukas Haas, Felix Gottwald, Scott Caan, Yoo Ji-tae, and Timmy Simons.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Wanderlei Silva ranks 739 out of 2,236. Before him are Fábio (1980), Bruno Barreto (1955), Ivan Mariz (1910), Walter (1912), Marisa Monte (1967), and Digão (1985). After him are Alexandre Guimarães (1959), Octacílio (1909), Germano Boettcher Sobrinho (1911), Jorge Mendonça (1954), Gilberto (1976), and Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Brazil

Among martial arts born in Brazil, Wanderlei Silva ranks 6. Before him are Hélio Gracie (1913), Anderson Silva (1975), Rickson Gracie (1959), Royce Gracie (1966), and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (1976). After him are José Aldo (1986), Lyoto Machida (1978), Charles Oliveira (1989), Fabrício Werdum (1977), Vitor Belfort (1977), and Alex Pereira (1987).

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