Silva vs. Liddell at UFC 79: Nemesis on Dec. 29

Wanderlei Silva says his fight with Chuck Liddell is a must-win match up. (MMAweekly.com Photo)

Former Pride champion Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (31-7-1) says his upcoming fight with Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell (20-4-0) at "UFC: 79 Nemesis" is a must-win match for his career.

"I’m training a lot," he tells MMAweekly.com. "(It’s) a very, very important fight to me. I need to win and I’m going to win because I’m training 5 times per day for this fight."

While 5 times each day might seem like overtraining, Silva says he's just taking advantage of the training opportunities available at the Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas.

"Here has very good trainers, very good fighters (and) they opened the gym to me," he explains. "The guys are willing to train with me and (it is) very good sparring. I’m in the best condition in my life."

Riding a two-fight losing streak, "The Axe Murderer" hopes to turn his luck around when he steps into the octagon with "The Iceman".

Full Fight Card for UFC 79: Nemesis
Dec. 29, Las Vegas, NV

• Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre
• Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
• Lyoto Machida vs. Rameau Sokoudjou
• Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
• Soa Palelei vs. Eddie Sanchez
• Luiz Cane vs. James Irvin
• Nate Mohr vs. Manny Gamburyan
• Jordan Radev vs. Dean Lister
• Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza
• Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans

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