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Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami first met back in January 20th 2006 at Rumble on The Rock 8 in Hawaii. MMA was different back then and so were the two fighters that will meet this Saturday in Rio. Yushin Okami was a much skinner version of himself and “The Spider” wasn’t the dominate champion that he is today. After being disqualified from that fight due to an illegal upkick, Ando has been on a fourteen fight winning streak and has become one of the most dominate forces in Mixed Martial

The highly anticipated main event at UFC 126 sees UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva, attempt to defend his middleweight title for a record 8th consecutive time against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Vitor Belfort. Silva will enter this fight a heavy favourite with an astonishing 12 consecutive wins in the UFC. Belfort is currently on a 5 fight win streak with 4 of those fights ending by knockout, the most recent coming against Rich Franklin at UFC 103. Silva and Belfort feature at number

Japanese MMA sensation Michihiro Omigawa is now officially been signed for UFC 126. Omigawa will face a tough return to the octagon against Chad Mendes. Norifumi ”Kid” Yamamoto will also make his UFC debut at UFC 126, Kid will take on Demetrious Johnson in a bantamweight bout.

UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen has called out MMA legend Wanderlei ” The Axe Murderer ” Silva. and since losing his UFC middleweight title rematch with Anderson Silva, Chael now has his sights set on the PRIDE FC legend Wanderlei Silva.

“You know, I was missing something. But then I found out I needed a rival. I never trained as hard as the time I fought (Ricardo) Arona. But now, I want (Vitor) Belfort, and I’m already trained for you. I’m gonna get you, you’ll see!” – Wanderlei Silva’s TwitterYou’ll call me a geek, but I’ll say on this one “This cold war just got hot,” quoting one of my favorite lines from Lost in Space movie. Vitor Belfort will face Anderson Silva at the main event of UFC 126, which will take place on February 5th,

(“Axe Murdering” — a Wanderlei Silva highlight film by Potato Nation hall-of-famer Perdew.) By George Shunick If it wasn’t for the utter…