Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva to be first coaches of TUF: Brazil
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Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva to be first coaches of TUF: Brazil
grappler0000
12/13/11 11:11:07AM
Dana just announced it at the Rio presser and ran a promo reel. Their first fight was in Brazil...now the rematch will be as well.
emfleek
12/13/11 11:12:51AM
Interesting. Will they be fighting each other, too?
grappler0000
12/13/11 11:15:17AM
Posted by emfleek
Interesting. Will they be fighting each other, too?
Yep, I was just waiting for confirmation, which they have now stated they will.
emfleek
12/13/11 11:19:19AM
Posted by grappler0000
Posted by emfleek
Interesting. Will they be fighting each other, too?
Yep, I was just waiting for confirmation, which they have now stated they will.
This has to be a first. A fighter is already booked for 2 fights?
grappler0000
12/13/11 11:21:54AM
Posted by emfleek
Posted by grappler0000
Posted by emfleek
Interesting. Will they be fighting each other, too?
Yep, I was just waiting for confirmation, which they have now stated they will.
This has to be a first. A fighter is already booked for 2 fights?
That's why I was waiting for a confirmation. I assumed they'd fight, but Vitor is sitting there talking about his Rio fight...kinda strange. Vitor won't be fighting Anderson again anytime soon, so I guess the result of his fight against Johnson doesn't really impact his next opponent too much.
XxPineappleExpressxX
12/13/11 11:30:17AM
proof?
XxPineappleExpressxX
12/13/11 11:34:05AM
nvm mmajunkie confirmed. http://mmajunkie.com/news/26527/vitor-belfort-wanderlei-silva-named-coaches-of-the-ultimate-fighter-brazil.mma
Aether
12/13/11 12:00:54PM
wow if these two fight I'm expecting Wanderlei to get knocked out in a really ugly way, like stone cold KO with medics waking him up while Vitor is still talking to Rogan.
cowcatcher
12/13/11 12:07:50PM
Posted by Aether
wow if these two fight I'm expecting Wanderlei to get knocked out in a really ugly way, like stone cold KO with medics waking him up while Vitor is still talking to Rogan.
Yeah, that's kind of my thought too. Still, I can't help but hope that he scores a huge KO. I like both guys a lot, but Wandy is Wandy and the only time I ever cheered against him was when he fought CC...and sometimes during the Chuck fight(I didn't know who to cheer for).
Twenty20Dollars
12/13/11 12:12:53PM
Didn't their last fight end in like 44 seconds with Vitor winning?
grappler0000
12/13/11 12:28:35PM
Posted by Twenty20Dollars
Didn't their last fight end in like 44 seconds with Vitor winning?
Yeah, with one of the most ridiculous KO's ever caught on film.
sparky
12/13/11 1:08:03PM
Posted by grappler0000
Posted by Twenty20Dollars
Didn't their last fight end in like 44 seconds with Vitor winning?
Yeah, with one of the most ridiculous KO's ever caught on film.
Budgellism
12/13/11 1:09:41PM
This is pretty great. Belfort will hurt him though.
kingsmasher
12/13/11 2:17:35PM
What kind of match up is this? I guess dana wants to make sure Silva gets the message to retire...
grappler0000
12/13/11 3:00:00PM
Posted by kingsmasher
What kind of match up is this? I guess dana wants to make sure Silva gets the message to retire...
The kind that will draw the attention of fans in Brazil. I wouldn't look to rationalize it any further than that...it's quite the mismatch IMO.