UFC 126 Silva vs Belfort
by Phil
(Central Illinois)
UFC 126 Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort
On February 5, 2011 Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva will battle former Light Heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort in UFC 126 for the Middleweight Championship belt. This UFC mixed martial arts event will be held at the the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and has reportedly sold out.
Vitor Belfort was originally scheduled to fight against Silva on January 2, 2010 in UFC 108, but it was postponed due to an injury sustained by Silva.
Below is the Official MMA fight card for UFC 126. There will be six preliminary mma fights and five mixed martial arts fights on the main card. Two of the prelim mma fights will air on Spike TV and one prelim fight will be streamed live on the UFC's facebook fan page.
One of the preliminary mma fights of UFC 126 will feature a mixed martial arts fighter Kenny Robertson, Kenny is from here in Central Illinois and trains at the Central Illinois Combat Club.
UFC 126 Preliminary Mixed Martial Arts Fight card:
Welterweight MMA bout between Mike Pierce and Kenny Robertson
Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero
Lightweight bout: England Paul Taylor vs. U.S. Gabe Ruediger
UFC 126 Preliminary MMA Fight card with Facebook Stream
Bantamweight mixed martial arts bout between Norifumi Yamamoto of Japan and Demetrious Johnson of the United States.
UFC 126 Preliminary MMA Fight card airing on Spike TV
Featherweight mma bout between United States Chad Mendes and Michihiro Omigawa of Japan.
Lightweight mma bout between United States Donald Cerrone and England's Paul Kelly
UFC 126 Main Mixed Martial Arts Fight card
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos
Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Welterweight bout: United States Jake Ellenberger vs. Brazil Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Forrest Griffin vs. United States Rich Franklin
Middleweight Championship bout: Brazil Anderson Silva vs. Brazil Vitor Belfort
