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However, UFC President Dana White said that Belfort would instead challenge Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva for the belt. [5] Belfort was originally scheduled to compete against Silva on January 2, 2010, at UFC 108, but due to an injury sustained by Silva, the fight had to be postponed until February 6, 2010, at UFC 109 and April 10, 2010 ...
Silva faced Vitor Belfort on 5 February 2011, at UFC 126. [78] Belfort was expected to face Yushin Okami on 13 November 2010, at UFC 122, but was replaced by Nate Marquardt. [79] After a "feeling out" period of about two and a half minutes in the first round, Silva and Belfort started to trade strikes.
Belfort was expected to face Anderson Silva for the UFC Middleweight Championship on 2 January 2010, at UFC 108. However, Silva's manager, Ed Soares, announced that Silva would not be fully recovered from his injury by that time, so the fight was postponed. [ 10 ]
A previously rumoured bout between Renzo Gracie and Matt Hughes did not take place on this card, but took place at UFC 112. [4]A Middleweight Championship bout between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort was confirmed by UFC President Dana White, [5] although it was contingent on Silva's successful recovery from elbow surgery. [6]
Vitor Belfort was expected to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight Championship; however, Belfort injured his shoulder during training and was unable to fight at the event. [5] It was thought that Silva would instead take on Chael Sonnen , but he was unable to take the short notice fight due to lacerations obtained in a UFC 109 bout with ...
A proposed main event featured UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva facing off against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort. However, it was announced by Silva's manager, Ed Soares, that the fight would not happen at UFC 108 because Silva would not be fully healed from elbow surgery.
To maintain local interest, the company then considered booking the main event as a rematch between two Brazilian fighters, Silva and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort. Belfort declined the bout, as he wished to wait for the result of the middleweight title fight at UFC 194.
With the win Silva retained the UFC Middleweight Championship, his undefeated record in the UFC and extended his winning streak to 13. The bout received the Fight of the Year award at the 2010 World MMA Awards. [34] After UFC 117 Silva defended the title twice, with KO and TKO wins over Vitor Belfort and Yushin Okami respectively.