Una dintre cele mai mari rivalitati din MMA este pe cale sa apuna, dupa ce Wanderlei Silva si-a cerut scuze pentru „greselile” sale fata de Ricardo Arona.
„I think I was the cause of this discord,” said Wanderlei, referring to the rivalry with Arona, When I meet with him I have to apologize this guy. We have to admit the mistakes, and that day I gave one of meddlesome, I started the fight. I have nothing further against the guy, he is a great athlete and should soon return to the scene, because he shouldn’t stay inactive. No further rivalry with him nor with anyone „
The episode cited by Wanderlei is what started the rivalry between Chute boxe and Brazilian Top Team in 2001, in Pride. Chuteboxe discovered that the athletes of BTT were training Yoshihisa Yamamoto preparing him to face Assuério Silva, a chuteboxe member by that time, Wanderlei and Arona had a discussion over a coffee table in the morning. After that, they have faced twice in Pride, with a victory for each.