(They’re both Brazilian, and they both like to wear t-shirts and hats. On paper, this one’s impossible to call. Image courtesy of Tatame.)
According to Vitor Belfort’s manager Fabiano Farah, the Phenom will indeed be getting his shot at Anderson Silva‘s middleweight title at UFC 112 (April 10th, Abu Dhabi). Though Silva’s manager Ed Soares wouldn’t confirm the booking yet, he did mention that Silva is training hard and is "very fired up" to face Belfort, who most recently scored a TKO over Rich Franklin at UFC 103.
Farah’s confirmation follows the earlier report that Belfort and Silva are slated to train at Emirates Jiu-Jitsu in the days leading up to the fight. Strangely, Emirates Jiu Jitsu head instructor Carlos Santos has also been saying that the fight could be held outdoors: "I told them both they should come early because it will be an outdoor event, not indoors like they are used to, and that many factors and conditions will be different for them." Though that option may have been floated in the early planning stages of UFC 112, Dana White is now under the impression that Sheikh Tahnoon and the gang will be building an arena for him.
In other #112 news, a middleweight match between TUF 3 winner Kendall Grove and Mark Munoz appears to be in the works. Grove is coming off his first-round submission win over Jake Rosholt at UFC 106, while Munoz has won his last two UFC fights against Nick Catone and Ryan Jensen.
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comments...and now it's finished. Amazing what you can do when you have unlimited amounts of money to throw around.
oh, and kendall grove can eat shit and die a horrible death by prison rape for all i care. that douche started emulating the king of douches himself (tito ortiz) on TUF 3 and hasn't done fuck-all but beat nobodies on the rare occasion that he wins.
check it - he beat kalib starnes and felt all great about himself. think of that when you see nate quarry inventing the 'rock hammer' as he chases starnes around the cage. where is starnes today? nowhere, and he's reserved a spot for grove right beside him.
Helwani by cleverly veiled insult.
The Franklin/Belfort didn't exactly pop off as a gong and dash slugfest, so maybe Vitor has a little more patience than in the early part of his career.
I won't bet against the Spider, but I think (hope) this will be a real challenge for him, and the Vitor fanboy in me will be hoping for the upset. This is the first card as of late that I'm completely stoked for.
Franklin did look weird and Vitor is political pick #1, I think Marquardt should have gone first. Vitor is great with all he has been through and done in MMA, but as someone had stated before, when the fights does go his way at the begining(Randy Couture, Fucko Ortiz etc) he starts to lose. I think the fight has the potential to be good, but it may be a dare I say "typical?" Silva title defense fight.
@itsgalf
Silva is black.
But I just saw that re-translates back to "Hell, I could even reach the top of my wife."
Which kind of means something different?
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I hope Munoz wins against Grove too. Just the fact that Kendall's nickname is Da Spyder deserves an ass whoopin.
Better put extra security on the Octagon Girls for this one, if my trip to Egypt was any indication.
You can when there's no union. And by that I mean slave labour.
Not being subject to any kind of building code or safety regulations also helps a bunch, I bet.
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