UFC officials seem busy at work for the UFC 126 card title “Silva vs. Belfort ” announcing five fights today to be part of the line up. The event will take place in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay. The main event will see middleweight champion Anderson Silva go up against the youngest UFC champion in history, Vitor Belfort in a 5 round scrap. The undercard has quality talent as well.
First up, a likely match up between Chad Mendes against the recently signed Michihiro Omigawa seems likely. Gabe Ruediger will be returning after a brutal beatdown by Joe Lauzon against Paul Taylor in attempt to regain momentum in his second run in the UFC.
Demetrious Johnson will take on another recently signed Japanese star in Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto. Mike Pierce will go head to head against Kenny Robertson while Jake Ellenberger and Carlos Eduardo Rocha is slated for the evening’s main card.
