Video: Did Wanderlei Silva deserve lifetime ban from NSAC? Fighters weigh in

Wanderlei Silva earlier this month was given what amounts to a lifetime ban by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

The NSAC fined the Brazilian $70,000 and gave him an indefinite suspension for skipping out on a May drug test ahead of a scheduled fight at UFC 175.

MMAjunkie spoke to several fighters this past week in Las Vegas at UFC 178 to get their take on the punishment handed down to “The Axe Murderer.” Was it too severe? Was it appropriate? Find out what Tim Kennedy, Cody Gibson, Kevin Lee and Demetrious Johnson think about the NSAC’s move.

Check out the video above.

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