Anderson Silva expects old school match: Grappler vs Striker

Silva owns 15 of his 25 career wins by knockout or TKO some of his victims include Griffin, Franklin, Irvin, Leben and Marquardt while, Main has a record of 12-1 from which 8 of his fights have come by submission, most of these submissons came in the first round.
When asked about this match up, Silva agreed with the old school type match up
“I think it’s a very interesting matchup,” Silva said through his manager, Ed Soares. “I think it’s MMA’s best striker against MMA’s best grappler. I think it kind of

Demian Maia confirmed as Vitor Belfort’s replacement

With Vitor Belfort having to pull out of UFC 112 due to a shoulder injury, the UFC were starting to sweat on a replacement. Speculation even loomed that a match with current UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva may even be pulled from UFC 112 altogether.

Today however, UFC officials announced that Demian Maia will be replacing Belfort and the fight will still be for the Middleweight belt. Maia is coming fresh off a victory at UFC 109 against Dan Miller.