MMA legends to collide in 'real' boxing match
Set for Spaten Fight Night on September 27 from Sao Paulo, Brazil, the two will meet in the main event. According to MMA Fighting, the rules have been set.
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They include both fighters wearing 12 ounce gloves with eight rounds scheduled. The rounds will be two minutes each and the fight will be held at 20 5pounds.
"The Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva rivalry is one of the biggest in the martial arts world," Spaten marketing director Cinthia Klumpp said. "A rematch that has never happened, so we decided to make it real in the second edition of Spaten Fight Night."
Spaten Fight Night hosted Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen in the headline bout of the first event. That exhibition ended with no winner being declared.
The first Belfort vs. Silva match took place all the way back in 1998 at UFC Brazil when Belfort scored a 44-second finish. The two have been scheduled several times to meet again, but the fight has never happened.
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