This AM we posted the unfortunate news about Vitor Belfort’s bum shoulder, an injury that will not only kybosh his previously scheduled April 10th bout with Anderson Silva, but it will likely sideline “The Phenom” for much of 2010. As soon as the injury was announced, Dana White told Yahoo’s Kevin Iole that Silva would remain on the card, leading us to theorize that the middleweight champ might take on another 205 pounder. Well, as the day unfolds, it looks like we were totally effin wrong…
According to an updated report from MMA Fighting, White has told the media outlet that Silva will remain at middleweight for UFC 112, he will defend his belt, and that a new opponent will be determined. Now due to the fact that rising contender Chael Sonnen was a little beat up after his ‘dude this guy is f-kin good’ win over Nate Marquardt Saturday, and further, because of the Republican’s political aspirations, we figured Sonnen being ready for April 10th was less than likely.
Wrong again…as the MMA Fighting report goes on to say that although the cuts Sonnen incurred at UFC 109 will prevent him from sparring until March 9th, (via medical suspension) apparently the ‘outspoken’ wrestler has gone on record saying he was going to keep training, in case this exact scenario played out.
Huh. So we’re hitting zero for today. We’ve done worse. So Sonnen vs. Silva April 10th? We shall see…