Vitor Belfort Calls Out Wanderlei Silva For Singapore Showdown

25th December 201931st July 2020 Leon Jennings

Twenty one years on from their first encounter, Vitor Belfort has called out Wanderlei Silva for the ‘most anticipated rematch that will ever happen in the MMA combat sports history’.

Taking to social media, Belfort called out his fellow Brazilian for a showdown on ONE Championship’s upcoming Singapore card, which is set to go down on February 28th.

“The time is ticking. #42 Wanderlei Silva, I heard that you are asking to fight me again? I hope this is true. I have a Christmas gift for you. I am willing to give you the most anticipated rematch that will ever happen in the MMA combat sports history.

Do you accept my gift? If you do, I already suggest the date and the location. What about the end of February, [in] Singapore? ONE Championship is one of the most growing sports organisation in the world.

Merry Christmas @wandfc

@yodchatri @onechampjp @onechampionship let’s give to this amazing fans, this fight on the best platform of combat sports.”

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THE TIME IS TICKING #42 @wandfc — i heard that you are asking to fight me again? I hope this is true. I have a Christmas gift for you. — i am willing to give you the most anticipated #rematch that will ever happen in the #mma combat sports history. Do you accept my GIFT ?? If you do, I already suggest the date and the location. What about the end of February, Singapore ?? @onechampionship #ONE is one of the most growing sports organization in the world ? Merry Christmas @wandfc @yodchatri @onechampjp @onechampionship let’s give to this amazing fans, this fight on the best platform of combat sports. O tempo está passando #42 @wandfc – ouvi dizer que você está pedindo pra lutar comigo de novo? — Eu espero que isto seja verdade. Tenho um presente de Natal antecipado para você. – Estou disposto a te dar a #revanche mais esperada que vai acontecer na história do esportes de combate #mma. Espero que aceite meu PRESENTE de natal ?? Sugiro a data e o local do evento, final de fevereiro, Singapore ?? @onechampionship O #ONE é uma das organizações esportivas que mais cresce no mundo ? evento de altíssimo nível. Feliz Natal @wandfc @yodchatri @onechampionship @onechampjp Vamos dar esse presente a todos os amantes do esporte de combate. Eles merecem

A post shared by Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (@vitorbelfort) on Dec 23, 2019 at 6:56pm PST

Belfort, now aged 42 years old, and Silva, now 43, first fought at UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil, in Sao Paulo, in October of 1998. ‘The Phenom’ scored a quick TKO victory in the first minute, in what was ‘The Axe Murderer’s’ UFC debut.

Vitor signed with ONE Championship in March of this year but is yet to make his debut. Soon after the signing, Belfort announced that he would be fighting boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. in his ONE debut. However, this has not materialised.

Then in July, the former UFC light heavyweight champion announced that his ONE debut would go down in Brazil. When we asked ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong about Belfort’s claim, we were told that talks were on going. However, there has still been no further developments as yet.

Belfort hasn’t fought since May of 2018, when he suffered a first round knockout to Lyoto Machida, at UFC 224. Silva has fought slightly more recently, losing to Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson via a second round TKO, in September of 2018 at Bellator 206.

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