Vitor Belfort was hoping to get a shot at the winner between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva , but with that possibility in the rearview mirror it looks like he’ll have to get through someone else in the meantime. Tim Kennedy (16-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) on Friday said he’ll be fighting Belfort (23-10 MMA, 12-6 UFC) on an upcoming UFC card in Belfort’s home country of Brazil. Kennedy made the declaration on his official Twitter account. Although the UFC hasn’t made an official announcement of the fight booking, UFC President Dana White told MMAFighting.com the bout was being put together. Kennedy didn’t say when the bout would take place. The UFC has two announced upcoming cards in Brazil. UFC 163 takes place next week in Rio de Janeiro, and UFC Fight Night 28 takes place Sept
Read more:
Tim Kennedy says he’s fighting Vitor Belfort on upcoming UFC show in Brazil – MMA Junkie