Wanderlei Silva has arrived in Las Vegas to train with Randy Couture. The Pride legend will help Couture to prepare for his Heavyweight title fight with Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74: Respect.

 

Speaking on his blog, Randy was full of praise for his guest.

 

“It’s great to have him in the gym. I’m anxious to pick his brain. To explore his training tactics and techniques. I’m also looking forward to building a rapport with him going forward. We had some good goes today. We were working out of half guard and the mount.  He’s very tough in both positions.”

 

Wanderlei Silva was equally impressed with Randy.

 

“He’s strong on the ground. He has very good jiu jitsu and excellent stamina. He’s stronger than I thought. Randy is good for this fight. He’s ready. Very good boxing.  He will win.”

 

Whatever Wanderlei Silva does, it leads to speculation about his future career and a possible UFC contract. Randy’s blog reports that: “Silva tells us he’ll be stepping back into the Octagon on December 29th. He hopes it is against Chuck Liddell”.