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Anderson (left) and Belfort (right) faced each other in 2011. Photo: Disclosure/UFC

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There is currently a lot of speculation regarding a rematch between Anderson Silva e Vitor belfort. UFC President Dana White himself revealed that he is working behind the scenes to bring about a second edition of the fight that made history. Training partner of “Spider”, William Patolino he may have “called out” and announced the date and place for the fight before anyone else.

This Wednesday (18), Patolino, runner-up of TUF Brasil 2 and former UFC athlete, posted a photo of Anderson and Vitor on his Instagram, with the words “Belfort x Silva 2”. In the caption, he simply wrote “UFC 197”, which has already caused great repercussion among his followers.

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UFC 197 is scheduled for March 5th, at the HSBC Arena, in Rio de Janeiro. This should be the biggest event held in Brazil in 2016. Patolino recently trained with Anderson Silva in the United States, in addition to having as managers the same people responsible for the career of “Spider”, Ed Soares and Jorge Guimarães. So far, the UFC has not officially commented on the matter, nor has it even officially announced any fight for UFC 197.