Spaten Combat Night time has formally introduced the Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva boxing match because the headliner for his or her upcoming card on Sept. 27 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and revealed further particulars relating to the match.
Not like the primary occasion of the primary present in 2024, which ended up being an exhibition boxing contest with no winners between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen, the promotion has assured that Belfort vs. Silva can be for actual.
The UFC Corridor of Famers collide put on 12 oz gloves in an eight-round match, with two-minute rounds with the battle contested at 205 kilos, Spaten introduced Wednesday. The occasion airs dwell and free on Globo in Brazil.
“The Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva rivalry is among the largest within the martial arts world, a rematch that has by no means occurred, so we determined to make it actual within the second version of Spaten Combat Night time,” Spaten advertising and marketing director Cinthia Klumpp acknowledged in a launch.
Silva is making his boxing debut that evening, seven years faraway from his most up-to-date MMA bout in Bellator. Belfort competed twice in boxing since parting methods with the UFC, defeating Evander Holyfield and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza.
Spaten Combat Night time has but to announce further bouts to the cardboard. The primary version featured the MMA debut of jiu-jitsu legend — and future LFA bantamweight champion — Bia Mesquita, in addition to a boxing showdown between Olympians Hebert Conceicao and Esquiva Falcao.
Spaten Combat Night time used 1,100 drones to formally announce the Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva boxing match.
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