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Wanderlei Loses Father in Tragic Car Accident

August 27, 2012
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The UFC family sends its sincerest condolences to Wanderlei Silva on the loss of his father, Holando Pinheiro da Silva, who died in a car accident Sunday afternoon in Brazil. Silva had recently visited his family in Curitiba and posted a video with his father, talking about his influence on him and his life growing up.

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