UFC 134 will mark the first time time the UFC has presented an event in Brazil since October 1998. The fight card, which will see UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva defend his title against Yushin Okami in the main event, will take place at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena on Saturday, August 27.
Silva is in the midst of a 14-fight winning streak, his last loss being a disqualification when he faced Okami at Rumble on the Rock 8 back in January 2006. During that bout Silva delivered an illegal upkick to the face of Okami, which earned him the DQ after Okami could not continue. During his14-fight winning streak, Silva captured the UFC middleweight title and has since defended it eight times.
Silva last set foot in the Octagon at UFC 126, earning a first-round knockout victory over Vitor Belfort. The end in that fight was swift and violent, with Silva landing a brutal front kick that left Belfort crumbled to the ground at the 3:25 mark of the first stanza.
Since defeating Silva, Okami has put together a record of 12-3. He is currently riding a three-fight winning streak with his last loss coming to his current training partner, Chael Sonnen at UFC 104 in October 2009.
The co-main event on the card will also be a rematch, as former UFC light heavyweight champions Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Forrest Griffin face off. In their first meeting Griffin scored a third-round submission victory. The fight was Rua’s first in the UFC. Since that September 2007 bout, both fighters have gone 3-2.
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