Wanderlei Silva may be in serious legal trouble over Facebook post on former president

Things have gone from bad to worse for the Axe Murderer.

It's fair to say that Wanderlei Silva isn't having the best time of late. The former Pride middleweight champion is awaiting to see if his lifetime ban from MMA will be overturned by the NSAC, he recently had to publicly apolgise to his former UFC employers for his fight-fixing allegations and now he may be facing a lawsuit from a former president of Brazil.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva served as president of Brazil from 2003-2011 and he is looking into taking legal action against Silva over what he claims may be a defamatory post on social media.

Wanderlei posted a photo of Lula's son fueling a yacht his Facebook page asking where the family could have possibly got the money to afford not only this boat, but a series of luxury vehicles which he reckons doesn't match up with Lula's earnings as president.

"I don't even want to criticize. I just want to know where all the money came from because they weren't that rich before his father became president. I don't know how much is the salary of the president, but I don't think he can afford to buy a boat worth 20 million reais during eight years in office. That's 96 months in office, which divided by 20 million makes 208 thousand a month. And we're talking about just one boat, not to mention airplanes, farms and everything else. Where did it all come from? What's the point of all this? Where does it go? Money does not bring happiness, only comfort. Lying in bed at night without a guilty conscience, now that's priceless. I wish justice would be made just one time. It's infuriating to see that happening in a country where children live on the streets, eating garbage. He can escape from the justice of men, but nobody escapes from God. You know the truth."

Lula's official Facebook page posted a response to Silva's claims stating that no one in their family owns airplanes, boats. It also revealed that Silva's post had been passed to their attorneys to see what legal action needs to be undertaken.

"A lot of people call MMA 'Anything Goes' and if that's true, the same does not apply to social media. You can't lie, for example. We are sorry that Wanderlei Silva, a fighter who is a role model to so many Brazilians doesn't mind using his Facebook to share lies about Lula and his family. But since he won't  verify the veracity of what he publishes, we will say it again. Lula's sons don't have yachts, airplanes or own any big companies, among any other insanity repeated to exhaustion by someone who is not committed to the truth. Silva's post has been passed on to the former president's family's lawyers, who will decide what legal procedures to take."