Will Vitor/Wandy II happen if Belfort comes back to the UFC?

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Wanderlei Silva expects to be offered a rematch with Vitor Belfort if the UFC signs the Brazilian middleweight.

Silva - a Brazilian middleweight himself - fought Belfort at UFC Ultimate Brazil back in 1998. Belfort stopped him in 44 seconds with a lightning fast series of punches that ran Silva backwards across the Octagon.

“That sequence of punches… I don’t know whether that was technique or anxiety. Many people told me he was dying of fear to face me so that must have been anxiety [that drove him],” he told Brazil’s Sensei Sport TV.

Like the rest of us, Silva has only heard rumours that the UFC is working on a deal with Belfort, something acknowledged by UFC president Dana White.

But he says he is open to fighting the opponent who most embarrassed him whenever the match becomes possible. “Sooner or later [the rematch] is going to happen. I’m ready to face anyone, including him.”

For now, Belfort is fighting for Affliction and will face Jorge Santiago for them on August 1st when Affliction stages its third MMA event, which will be headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett.

I don’t know about you, but Vitor/Wandy II sounds amazingly good to me.  Vitor coming back to the UFC after such an up and down road to do battle with a veteran like Wanderlei for the second time.  The winner of this fight would obviously give the UFC substantial reason to create and Vitor vs. Anderson or a Wandy vs. Anderson mega-title fight, which I’m sure would bring in a huge profit.  Wanderlei is a fan favorite, even if you dislike the guy, you’re eager to watch him fight in hopes of seeing him get KTFO.  Vitor’s got a strong fan base as well, and nobody dislikes seeing a successful comeback, which it appears Vitor is currently on with KO wins over Terry Martin and Matt “The Law” Lindland.  I hope following his bout with Jorge Santiago that Vitor makes the jump back to the UFC, where he ultimately belongs.