Belfort’s manager confirms 112 v Anderson Silva
Following months of speculation on the fate of a postponed bout between middleweight champion Anderson Silva (25-4, 10-0 UFC) and…
Following months of speculation on the fate of a postponed bout between middleweight champion Anderson Silva (25-4, 10-0 UFC) and challenger Vitor Belfort (19-8 MMA, 8-4 UFC), the pieces are finally in place for an April fight.
Fabiano Farah, Belfort’s manager, confirmed with MMAjunkie.com on Wednesday that Belfort meets Silva at UFC 112 on April 10 in Abu Dhabi. UFC president Dana White recently said he hoped the fight would take place on the overseas card.
The middleweight bout originally was scheduled to take place at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 but was shelved when Silva suffered complications from elbow surgery and was unable to train properly for the fight.
Silva recently began hard training again and is “very fired up” to face Belfort, according to manager Ed Soares, who declined to confirm the bout.
UFC 112 (rumored)
Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort (middleweight title bout)
B.J. Penn vs. Frankie Edgar (lightweight title bout)
Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie
Kendall Grove vs. TBA