Wanderlei Silva Wanderlei Silva was involved in a serious bicycle-car accident earlier this week, and he now says it could have taken his life. Fortunately for Silva (35-12-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who was apparently hit by a car while riding his bicycle in his hometown of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, the injuries sustained in the accident were not life threatening, mainly because he was wearing a helmet. However, the MMA legend will be required to undergo surgery on his shoulder and knee, he said in Instagram post: “Everyone told me bikes were dangerous, but I believed that the right to come and go was the same for everyone – cars, pedestrians and bikes,” he wrote (translated by MMAjunkie). “But I felt firsthand that it’s not like that. I was in a serious accident and I will have to get surgery on my shoulder and left knee.
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