Cordeiro backs Wanderlei to get back on the winning track

Rafael Cordeiro believes Wanderlei Silva has what it takes to get back on the winning track.

Cordeiro will coach Wanderlei Silva for his UFC 99 fight against Rich Franklin. Cordeiro has previously trained Wanderlei Silva when the Brazilian fighter was at Chute Boxe.

“Wanderlei has the same heart, with the same desire to win, to confront his opponents, and I know that for his next fight he will be 100% focussed, believing more every time in what made him Wanderlei Silva, which is Muay Thai,” said Cordeiro this week to Fighters Only Magazine.

“He comes from Muay Thai, his base is Muay Thai and for sure he will be using it for the next fight, with all the energy that made him king in Japan…. now he will be conquering the same here. Everything he conquered in Japan he will be conquering here and I think the training is the base of that.

“He has a strong team of strong people following up with his work and I am here to make that as strong as possible, to turn him towards the victory which has always been the road we follow,” the legendary trainer added.

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