Vitor Belfort not injured, Title shot with Anderson Silva Confirmed by Dana White.
Posted on September 22, 2010, 02:24 PM by bluntsandbeersThere has been reports that a "undisclosed" injury had put Vitor Belfort out of UFC 122, putting Nate Marquart to take his place. Aside from Nate being his replacement, none of that is true. Vitor is perfect healthy and is more than likely set to face Anderson Silva at UFC 125 on January 1st.
The news of Vitor's healthy condition and match up with Anderson Silva came via Dana Whites Twitter account when he recently "tweeted" :
"Vitor is not injured He is going to fight Anderson for the title and the winner of Marquart vs Okami are next."
This is a very odd chain of events considering the poster for UFC 122 was already released, and both fighters began training camps. But it is most likely due to the fact that UFC Middle Weight Contender Chael Sonnen tested positive for PED drugs.
SOURCE: www.twitter.com
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This is prolly my second fav fight I wnt to watch rite now, first being Shogun vs Silva, hopefully ring rust isn't a big factor cause i wnt to see the 100% Belfort fight 100% Silva so there arent any excuses or immediate rematches
Great news and great fight yeah ! Some ppl may complain but i think this title shot is perfect and not premature and obviously makes sense now with the sonnen drama.
Now it all makes sense..... can't wait for the fireworks. I hope they stand and bang for sure. I just hope we see the real Belfort in top condition.
I wonder how Okami feels about this, even though he still gets next shot IF he beats Marquardt..... he must feel slighted to some degree....
Men Silva wanted stiff tests, hes getting them now Sonnen almost came close to beating him and Vitor is hungry. If silva beats Sonnen he is p4p best fighter no arguments. WAR VITOR!!!!!!
That's exactly what I wanted.
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