Wand wants to face Belfort in the light heavyweight division. Photo: Josh Hedges
Vitor belfort left the middleweight division and moved up to light heavyweight to fight for the division belt against Jon Jones at UFC 152. Despite the defeat, the Brazilian stated that he can return to fight at light heavyweight and already has an opponent eyeing this challenge.
Wanderlei Silva stated that he still wants a rematch against Belfort and this fight could take place between light heavyweights and not in the middleweight category, as it would be at UFC 147 – the duel ended up being postponed due to an injury to Vitor's hand.
“There are a lot of people I would like to face, but what I want most is to have that fight with Belfort”, said Wanderlei, who lost to his compatriot in 1998. “I'm trying to move up a category and I can fight him at light heavyweight”, added Wand, who is coming off a defeat to Rich Frnaklin at UFC 147, in Belo Horizonte.
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Jones really is the man, but I believe his combat repertoire is over, and everyone knows his game, it's a matter of time and soon he will be beaten like all the greats in the fighting world, but I hope it will be by a Brazilian.