Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva – 6ft 2”, 185lbs – was raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil and trains out of Team Black House. ‘The Spider’ is a former Cage Rage Middleweight Champion and is currently the undefeated UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest reigning Champion and also holds the UFC’s longest winning streak of 12 consecutive wins with no losses. Silva has also ventured into the UFC’s Light heavyweight Division gaining victories over James Irvin and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.
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‘The Spider’ holds an overall MMA record of 26 – 4 with a UFC record of 12 – 0. Silva holds wins over a who’s who of the Middleweight division including Rich Franklin, Chris Leben, Nate Marquardt, Patrick Cote, Dan Henderson, Damian Maia and Chael Sonnen. Silva’s last defeat came at the hands of Ryo Chonan via a highlight reel finish of scissor takedown followed by a heel hook way back in 2004 (although Silva did lose via DQ in 2006 to Yushin Okami – the fight against Chonan was his last ‘clean’ loss). Silva holds black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is also an accomplished Muay Thai fighter with skills in Capoeira.
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Vitor ‘Phenom’ Belfort – 6ft, 185lbs – hails from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and is representing Xtreme Couture. Belfort has been fighting professionally since 1996 making him one of longest serving MMA fighters still at the top of the sport today and is also a former Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. ‘The Phenom’ is currently on a 5 fight win streak and is looking to continue his run in the Middleweight division.
Belfort holds an MMA record of 19 – 8 with a UFC record of 8 – 4 with notable wins over Randy Couture, Tank Abbot, Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. Belfort holds black belts in Brazilian Jiu jitsu and Judo and holds a blue belt in Shotokan Karate. Belfort has also expressed an interest in boxing professionally and has had one professional boxing fight to date winning a first round stoppage against Josemario Neves. Belfort is very heavy handed with good speed and utilises his Judo techniques to takedown his opponent and use his ground ‘n’ pound to full effect.
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Anderson Silva Vs Vitor Belfort Prediction
This UFC Middleweight Championship bout is definitely one the fans have been waiting for since they were first scheduled to meet back at UFC 108 then at UFC 109 then yet again at UFC 112 but due to injuries to both fighters it was postponed and eventually signed to the UFC 126 fight card. I feel that Belfort’s game plan will be to get Silva to the ground as early as possible and to try and grind the Champion down (just like Chael Sonnen did to Silva at UFC 117) and to utilise both his ground ‘n’ pound and Jiu Jitsu to try and take advantage. However Silva must have learnt from his fight with Sonnen that he is vulnerable against the takedown and would have trained extensively trying to avoid any takedowns against him. I feel that Belfort may dominate the opening of the match but will back Silva to win the bout late on via TKO.
Anderson Silva Vs Vitor Belfort Latest Odds
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