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Anderson Silva is a master of many disciplines, including the standup art of muay Thai and the ground game of jiu-jitsu, but the UFC middleweight champion recently got an education in an entirely different style.

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LAS VEGAS – The rematch is happening.

At Saturday night’s UFC 143 post-fight press conference, UFC president
Dana White confirmed that both UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and his nemesis Chael Sonnen
have verbally agreed to meet in Brazil on an as-yet-undetermined date
in June.

Silva was in Las Vegas for Saturday’s fight card, and White said an agreement was reached during the event.

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LAS VEGAS – The rematch is happening.

At Saturday night’s UFC 143 post-fight press conference, UFC president
Dana White confirmed that both UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and his nemesis Chael Sonnen
have verbally agreed to meet in Brazil on an as-yet-undetermined date
in June.

Silva was in Las Vegas for Saturday’s fight card, and White said an agreement was reached during the event.

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UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva took part in a belt-promotion ceremony at Team Nogueira in Rio de Janiero

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If you go toe-to-toe with Anderson Silva for more than 25 minutes on the
first night of your professional career, anything that follows will
likely seem like an appealing and conquerable task.

Fabricio Camoes lasted 25
minutes and 14 seconds against the current UFC middleweight champion. He was just 18 years
old at the time the pair fought in Brazil.

So whether Camoes’ next opponent was destined to be Reza Madadi or Tommy Hayden, his train of thought is always going to be, “Okay, that’s fine. At
least it’s not Anderson.”

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TORONTO – Current UFC light heavyweight titleholder Jon Jones is unquestionably among the hottest fighters in the entire sport
of mixed martial arts.

In fact, UFC president Dana White is now certain “Bones” has leapfrogged
Georges St-Pierre and should now be
considered the second-best fighter on the planet.

But if a potential meeting between Jones and the man White considers the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport,
Anderson Silva, piques your interest, don’t get
carried away.

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As expected, Chael Sonnen will be the next fighter to challenge for UFC middleweight champion Anderson…

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As expected, Chael Sonnen will be the next fighter to challenge for UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s title.

UFC president Dana White confirmed the plans on Wednesday’s edition of “The Jim Rome Show.”

However, no date has been selected for the long-awaited rematch because Silva currently is recovering from a shoulder injury.

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BIRMINGHAM, England – Don’t look now, but UFC middleweight slugger Chris Leben (22-7 MMA, 12-6 UFC)…

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BIRMINGHAM, England – Don’t look now, but UFC middleweight slugger Chris
Leben is currently in the middle of his best
octagon run since 2006.

At the 31 years old, “The Crippler” has turned back some of his inner
demons and is focused on developing into a complete mixed martial
artist. The efforts have paid dividends in the form of four wins in his
past five outings.

At Saturday’s UFC 138 event, Leben fights for the
19th time under the UFC banner and says he’s only focused on
interesting fights for his time left in the game. And the man he
finds perhaps most interesting of all? UFC middleweight champ Anderson
Silva.

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