By Alexandre Lobo/ Team TATAMEChute Boxe master Rudimar Fedrigo confirms: Wanderlei Silva is ready for the Pride Middleweight belt dispute against Ricardo Arona, scheduled for Pride Shockwave on December 31st, at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. According to Fedrigo, this is just another challenge for his team. ‘Chute Boxe loves challenges and this atmosphere. We get even more motivated with all of this pressure’ Rudimar guarantees.But it’s not just motivation that makes Chute Boxe one of the most important MMA teams in the world. Rudimar says that Wanderlei is prepared technically and emotionally for this fight and he hopes to see him fighting as usual. ‘We want him to be like the Axe Murderer, as he’s used to and that we love to see’ he states, remembering Wanderlei’s importance in the MMA world: ‘there are two ages in the MMA world, before and after Wanderlei Silva. There are a lot of fighters who inspire themselves with Wanderlei?s way of fighting’.The rivalry between Chute Boxe and Brazilian Top Team is one of the biggest in the MMA scene. Rudimar hopes that Wanderlei can defeat Arona on December 31st. ?Chute Boxe is a circle. Shoguns has Wanderlei as his idol and on December 31st, Shogun will inspire Wanderlei. I hope Wanderlei leaves Arona in the same deep sleep that Shogun did’ Rudimar says.
