CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://mma-boxing.si.com:80/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/","20130530221507","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1369952107"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <meta name="description" content="Counterpunch – SI.com - SI.com's Boxing & MMA blog"/> <meta name="news_keywords" content="Brazil, Rich Franklin, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva"/> <meta name="keywords" content="Brazil, Rich Franklin, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva"/> <title>Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort) | Counterpunch - SI.com</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Counterpunch – SI.com RSS Feed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/feed/"/> <link rel="pingback" href="http://mma-boxing.si.com/xmlrpc.php"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/sicounterpunch-child/style.css?m=1336744799g" type="text/css" media="screen"/> <link href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/blogs/lib/writer_blog.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <link href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/blogs/counterpunch/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/css/4.1/offsite/story_font.css"/> <link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/css/4.1/offsite/story_alt.css" title="LargeFont"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/.e/js/4.1/global/lib/jquery-1.8.3.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/.e/js/4.1/global/lib/plugins/jquery.innerfade.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/.e/js/4.1/global/lib/plugins/jquery.cookie.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://img.timeinc.net/shared/static/js/tii_ads.js"></script> <script>var adConfig=new TiiAdConfig('3475.si2');adConfig.setRevSciTracking(true);var adFactory = new TiiAdFactory(adConfig, 'mmaboxing/counterpunch');</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/js/4.1/offsite/blogs/common.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime()</script>  <meta name="google-site-verification" content="8DHQMwDKQrkGDrqTklMutmjbrORe-YNhwuSGa5d4VaI"/> <meta name="msvalidate.01" content="648761AAC069DC4686ED0AB53E62DC00"/> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://r-login.wordpress.com/remote-login.php?action=js&host=mma-boxing.si.com&id=26718473&t=1369952107&back=mma-boxing.si.com%2F2012%2F05%2F30%2Fno-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack%2F" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ if ( 'function' === typeof WPRemoteLogin ) { document.cookie = "wordpress_test_cookie=test; path=/"; if ( document.cookie.match( /(;|^)\s*wordpress_test_cookie\=/ ) ) { WPRemoteLogin(); } } /* ]]> */ </script> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Counterpunch - SI.com » Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort) Comments Feed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/feed/"/> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function addLoadEvent(func){var oldonload=window.onload;if(typeof window.onload!='function'){window.onload=func;}else{window.onload=function(){oldonload();func();}}} /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://profiles.si.com/media/cHJvZmlsZXMuc2kuY29t/javascripts/simpleprofiles.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" id="all-css-0" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJyNjs0KwjAQhF/IdRVroAfxWWISk23zR3ZL8e2NoidFPM0MfDMMrhVMyeKyYFqgxsVTZow0O8bJSdVmhmfaGuYNfsdrYYFr1NSQ5Rbdv2zQjbJ/60dLgkv9RhjQx3LR8dfsStY7YezIy4NvZEFn2/+zPLrndNoflBp3x3FQ0x2cWly+" type="text/css" media="all"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJyFjt0KwjAMRl/IWGRj6oX4LFsXS2r/bNoVfXqrTlAUdpXw5fCdiBJAepfQJaFZWD+QQciMsVc1A3Inv9a8EpUjJ00ekR+gvmSM13ksAmBJxT7hG/wwBs/JInPV/bl+a8hNhGUR05hCL88Qken202ozBJMVORaFRoXp+e5rhSHbALPkaA+bptvvmnbbdvoOYcJuzg=="></script> <link rel="stylesheet" id="all-css-0" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/highlander-comments/style.css?m=1369818522g" type="text/css" media="all"/>  <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://sicounterpunch.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd"/> <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://sicounterpunch.wordpress.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml"/> <link rel="prev" title="Post-fighting words: UFC 146 edition" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/28/post-fighting-words-ufc-146-edition/"/> <link rel="next" title="Who’s TUF enough to survive reality TV and win the finale?" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/06/01/whos-tuf-enough-to-survive-reality-tv-and-win-the-finale/"/> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress.com"/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/"/> <link rel="shortlink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://wp.me/p1O6H7-Ez"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://public-api.wordpress.com/oembed/1.0/?format=json&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmma-boxing.si.com%2F2012%2F05%2F30%2Fno-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack%2F&for=wpcom-auto-discovery"/><link rel="alternate" type="application/xml+oembed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://public-api.wordpress.com/oembed/1.0/?format=xml&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmma-boxing.si.com%2F2012%2F05%2F30%2Fno-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack%2F&for=wpcom-auto-discovery"/><link rel="openid.server" href="http://sicounterpunch.wordpress.com/?openidserver=1"/> <link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://sicounterpunch.wordpress.com/"/> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/osd.xml" title="Counterpunch - SI.com"/> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://wordpress.com/opensearch.xml" title="WordPress.com"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://zor.livefyre.com/wjs/v3.0/javascripts/livefyre.js"></script> <style> /* <![CDATA[ */ /* Block: reblog */ .reblog-from img { margin: 0 10px 0 0; vertical-align: middle; padding: 0; border: 0; } .reblogger-note img.avatar { float: left; padding: 0; border: 0; } .reblogger-note-content { margin: 0 0 20px; } .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt-content { border-left: 3px solid #eee; padding-left: 15px; } .reblog-post ul.thumb-list { display: block; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0; padding: 0; clear: both; } .reblog-post ul.thumb-list li { display: inline; margin: 0; padding: 0 1px; border: 0; } .reblog-post ul.thumb-list li a { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; } .reblog-post ul.thumb-list li img { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; } .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt { clear: both; } .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt address, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt li, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt h1, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt h2, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt h3, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt h4, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt h5, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt h6, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt p { font-size: 100% !important; } .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt blockquote, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt pre, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt code, .reblog-post .wpcom-enhanced-excerpt q { font-size: 98% !important; } /* ]]> */ </style> <meta name="sailthru.tags" content="MMA, Brazil, Rich Franklin, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva"/> <meta name="sailthru.date" content="2012-05-30"/> <meta name="sailthru.expire_date" content="2012-06-01"/> <meta name="sailthru.title" content="Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort)"/> <meta name="sailthru.author" content="Jeff Wagenheim"/><meta name="sailthru.description" content="Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.) Just five weeks ago, UFC president Dana White and mouthy middleweight Chael Sonnen, slated to challenge champion Anderson Silva for the belt, flew all the way to Rio de Janeiro to appear at a press conference with Silva and announce that the much-anticipated rematch would not take place in Brazil, as scheduled, but was being moved to Las Vegas."/> <meta name="sailthru.image.full" content="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e/ssi/sibar/img/sibar-logo.png"/> <meta name="sailthru.image.thumb" content="http://i0.wp.com/i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e/ssi/sibar/img/sibar-logo.png?resize=50%2C50"/><meta property="og:title" content="Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort) | Counterpunch - SI.com"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:url" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="SI.com"/><meta property="og:description" content="Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.) Just five weeks ago, UFC president Dana White and mouthy middleweight Chael Sonnen, slated to challenge champion Anderson Silva for the belt, flew all the …"/>  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"/> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@SI_ExtraMustard"/> <meta name="twitter:url" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/"/> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort)"/> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.) Just five weeks ago, UFC president Dana White and mouthy middleweight Chael Sonnen, slated to challenge champion Anderson Silva for the belt, flew all the way to Rio de Janeiro to appear at a press conference with Silva and announce that the much-anticipated rematch would not take place in Brazil, as scheduled, but was being moved to Las Vegas. Because Rio was playing host to a United Nations sustainability conference the week of June 23, it wasn’t"/> <meta name="twitter:image" content="/web/20130530221507im_/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack"/>  <meta name="application-name" content="Counterpunch - SI.com"/><meta name="msapplication-window" content="width=device-width;height=device-height"/><meta name="msapplication-tooltip" content="SI.com's Boxing & MMA blog"/><meta name="msapplication-task" content="name=Subscribe;action-uri=http://mma-boxing.si.com/feed/;icon-uri=http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/d85c1f3a0a862ab126928bc4818cef0b?s=16"/><style id="syntaxhighlighteranchor"></style> <script type="text/javascript"> var authDelegate = new fyre.conv.SPAuthDelegate({engage: {app: "si.auth.fyre.co", type: "redirect"}, profiles: {type: "redirect"}}); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/blogs/blognav.css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://z.cdn.turner.com/si/.e/js/4.0/remoteNav.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/js/4.1/global/visualrevenue.js"></script> </head> <body>   <div id="wrapper">  <div id="header"> <a href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/" class="main" title="Counterpunch – SI.com"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/?xid=wp_cu" title="SI.com" class="si"></a> <div id="navbar"> <ul id="nav"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/?xid=wp_cu" class="hiddenNav"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/?xid=wp_cu" class="first">News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/mma/schedule.results/?xid=wp_cu">MMA Schedules & Results</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/mma/boxing/schedule/?xid=wp_cu">Boxing Schedules & Results</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/mma/boxing/pound-for-pound-ratings/?xid=wp_cu">Pound-for-Pound Ratings</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/feed/" class="rss">Subscribe to RSS</a> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="hiddenNav"> <div class="globalNav" style="display:none;"> <script type="text/javascript"> cnnWriteTopNav_transition(); cnnWriteBotNav_transition(); </script> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $('.hiddenNav').hover(function() { $('.globalNav').show(); }, function(){ $('.globalNav').delay(3000).hide(); }); </script> <div id="banner"> <script language="JavaScript"> siAds.render('mma_boxing/top.728x90', 728, 90); </script> </div> <div id="content" style="overflow:visible;"> <div id="cnnStoryHeader"> <script type="text/javascript"> (function(h) { h(function() { renderSocialBar(); }); function renderSocialBar() { if (jQuery("#cnnShare2").length === 0 || (jQuery.browser.msie && parseInt(jQuery.browser.version, 10) < 8)) { jQuery(".large-buttons").hide(); jQuery(".small-buttons").show(); return; } var descripY = parseInt(jQuery(".left-column").offset().top, 10) - 20; var $postShare = jQuery("#cnnShare2"); var pullX = $postShare.css("margin-left"); jQuery(window).data("scrollBound", false); function positionShareScroll() { var scrollY = jQuery(window).scrollTop(); var fixedShare = $postShare.css("position") == "fixed"; if (scrollY > descripY && !fixedShare) { $postShare.stop().css({ position: "fixed", left: "50%", top: 20, marginLeft: -500 }); } else if (scrollY < descripY && fixedShare) { $postShare.css({ position: "relative", left: 0, top: 0, marginLeft: pullX }); } } jQuery(window).resize(function () { var windowW = jQuery(window).width(); var windowH = jQuery(window).height(); var pulledOutside = $postShare.css("margin-left") == pullX; if ((windowW >= 1144) && (windowH >= 440)) { if (!jQuery(window).data("scrollBound")) { jQuery(".small-buttons").hide(); jQuery(".large-buttons").show(); $postShare.width("auto"); jQuery(window).data("scrollBound", true).bind("scroll.positionShare", function () { positionShareScroll(); }); positionShareScroll(); } } else { if (pulledOutside || jQuery(window).data("scrollBound")) { $postShare.css({ position: "relative", left: 0, top: 0, marginLeft: pullX }); jQuery(".large-buttons").hide(); jQuery(".small-buttons").show(); jQuery(window).data("scrollBound", false).unbind("scroll.positionShare"); } } }); jQuery(window).resize(); } })(jQuery); /* SI-5384 */ function getTitleMeta() { var storyHeadline = ""; var metas = document.getElementsByTagName("meta"); if (storyHeadline == "") { for (var i = 0; i < metas.length; i++) { if (metas[i].getAttribute("property") == "og:title") { storyHeadline = metas[i].getAttribute("content"); break; } } } if(storyHeadline == "") { storyHeadline = "Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort) | Counterpunch - SI.com"; } if(storyHeadline.indexOf(" | SI.com") != -1) { storyHeadline = storyHeadline.replace(" | SI.com", ""); } else if(storyHeadline.indexOf(" - SI.com") != -1) { storyHeadline = storyHeadline.replace(" - SI.com", ""); } return storyHeadline; } $(document).ready(function() { $("#shareBtn").hover(function() { $("#share_popup").toggle(); }); $("#shareBtn2").hover(function() { $(".wdt_button_min #share_popup").toggle(); }); $("#share_popup").hover(function() { $("#share_popup").toggle(); }); $(".wdt_button_min #share_popup").hover(function() { $(".wdt_button_min #share_popup").toggle(); }); var metas = document.getElementsByTagName("meta"); var shareTitle = getTitleMeta(); var shareDesc = ""; for(var i = 0; i < metas.length; i++) { if(metas[i].getAttribute("name") == "description") { shareDesc = metas[i].getAttribute("content"); break; } } if(shareDesc == "") { shareDesc = "Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort) | Counterpunch - SI.com"; } shareTitle = encodeURIComponent(shareTitle); var shareURL = encodeURIComponent(top.document.URL); $(".tumblr_share").attr("href", "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.tumblr.com/share/link?url="+shareURL+"&name="+shareTitle+"&description="+shareDesc); $(".stumbleupon_share").attr("href", "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url="+shareURL+"&title="+shareTitle); $(".reddit_share").attr("href", "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://reddit.com/submit?url="+shareURL); $(".digg_share").attr("href", "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://digg.com/submit?url="+shareURL); $(".delicious_share").attr("href", "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://del.icio.us/post?url="+shareURL+"&title="+shareTitle+"&notes="+shareDesc); }); </script> <style> DIV#cnnStoryHeader {height:auto;padding-right:11px;} #cnnShare2 {left:0;position:relative;top:0;margin:0;} #cnnShare2 IMG {vertical-align:bottom;} .large-buttons {background:transparent url('https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.1/story/global/share_side_v2.png') no-repeat;display:none;float:left;margin-left:-72px;padding:11px 0 15px 0;text-align:center;width:72px;z-index:11500} .large-buttons .wdt_button {margin-bottom:8px} .large-buttons .wdt_button IFRAME {margin:auto;} .small-buttons {border-top:1px solid #666;display:none;padding:5px 0px 0px;margin-left: 5px;height32px;width:678px;} .small-buttons .wdt_button_min {display:block;float:left;margin:0;padding:0;width:83px;text-align:center;} .ie7 .small-buttons .wdt_button_min {width:108px;} .small-buttons .cnnItem0 {width : 110px;padding:6px 0px 5px 20px;} .small-buttons .cnnItem1 {width : 110px;padding:6px 0px 6px 0px;} .small-buttons .cnnItem2 {width : 90px;padding:6px 0px 4px 0px;} .small-buttons .cnnItem3 {width : 95px;padding:6px 0px 3px 0px;} /* linkedin count started wrapping. added width:93px, dropped default from 86px to 83px to compensate. */ .small-buttons .cnnItem4 {padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;} .small-buttons .cnnItem5 {padding:7px 0px 7px 0px;} .small-buttons .cnnItem6 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;} .small-buttons .wdt_button_min iframe, .small-buttons .wdt_button_min span, .small-buttons .wdt_button_min iframe {margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;} .ie7 .small-buttons .cnnItem2 {display:none} .ie7 .large-buttons .wdt_button {margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:18px} .wdt_button.cnnItem4, .wdt_button_min.cnnItem4 {position:relative;} #shareBtn { padding: 0 10px; } #share_popup { display:none; position:absolute; left:28px; top:16px; background-color:#fff; width:230px; padding: 6px 5px 5px; border:2px solid #666; } .wdt_button_min #share_popup { left:34px; top:24px; display:none; } .ie7 .wdt_button_min #share_popup { left:46px; } #share_popup li { float:left; width:50%; text-align:left; } #share_popup li a { color:#333; width: 94%; padding:4px 3px 3px; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline; } #share_popup li:hover a { color:#000; background-color:#ececec; outline:1px solid #ccc; } #share_popup li img { vertical-align:middle; margin:-2px 4px 0 0; } .ie7 #share_popup li img { margin-top:0; } </style> <div id="cnnShare2"> <script> var cnnSocialUrl = "http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F"; if ($("link[rel=canonical]").attr("href") != null) cnnSocialUrl = $("link[rel=canonical]").attr("href"); </script> <div class="large-buttons"> <div class="wdt_button cnnItem0"> <script> document.write('<iframe src="//web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=' + encodeURIComponent(cnnSocialUrl) + '&send=false&layout=box_count&width=49&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=verdana&height=62" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:49px; height:62px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>'); </script> <noscript> <iframe src="//web.archive.org/web/20130530221507if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com&send=false&layout=box_count&width=49&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=verdana&height=62" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:49px; height:62px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe> </noscript> </div> <div class="wdt_button cnnItem1"> <script> document.write('<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="SINow" data-text="' + getTitleMeta() + '">Tweet</a>'); </script> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div class="wdt_button cnnItem2"> <g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone> <script type="text/javascript"> (function () { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); </script> </div> <div class="wdt_button cnnItem3"> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script> document.write('<scr' + 'ipt type="IN/Share" data-url="' + cnnSocialUrl + '" data-counter="top"></scr' + 'ipt>'); </script> </div> <div class="wdt_button cnnItem4"> <a href="#" class="cnnShareLink" id="shareBtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.1/story/global/addthis.png" alt="Share" title="Share"/></a> <div id="share_popup"> <ul> <li> <a target="_blank" class="tumblr_share" title="Tumblr" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/tumblr_share_icon.gif" alt="Tumblr" border="0"/>Tumblr</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="stumbleupon_share" title="StumbleUpon" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/stumbleupon_share_icon.gif" alt="StumbleUpon" border="0"/>StumbleUpon</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="reddit_share" title="Reddit" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/reddit_share_icon.gif" alt="Reddit" border="0"/>Reddit</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="digg_share" title="Digg" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/digg_share_icon.gif" alt="Digg" border="0"/>Digg</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="delicious_share" title="Del.i.cious" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/delicious_share_icon.gif" alt="Delicious" border="0"/>Del.i.cious</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="wdt_button cnnItem5"> <a class="bmk_email bk" title="Email to a friend" href="#" onclick="return(ET());" onmouseover="return(ETMouseOver());" onmouseout="return(ETMouseOut());"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.1/story/global/email.png" alt="Email" title="Email"/></a> </div> <div class="wdt_button cnnItem6"> <a class="bmk_print bk" title="Print this page" href="#" onclick="return(PT());" onmouseover="return(PTMouseOver());" onmouseout="return(PTMouseOut());"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.1/story/global/print.png" alt="Print" title="Print"/></a> </div> </div> <div class="small-buttons"> <div class="wdt_button_min cnnItem0"> <script> document.write('<iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=' + encodeURIComponent(cnnSocialUrl) + '&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=110&action=like&font=verdana&colorscheme=light&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:110px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true" id="cnnShareFB"></iframe>'); </script> <noscript> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=110&action=like&font=verdana&colorscheme=light&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:110px; height:21px;" allowtransparency="true" id="cnnShareFB"></iframe> </noscript> </div> <div class="wdt_button_min cnnItem1"> <script> document.write('<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-via="SINow" data-text="' + getTitleMeta() + '">Tweet</a>'); </script> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div class="wdt_button_min cnnItem2"> <g:plusone size="medium"></g:plusone> <script type="text/javascript"> (function () { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); </script> </div> <div class="wdt_button_min cnnItem3"> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script> document.write('<scr' + 'ipt type="IN/Share" data-url="' + cnnSocialUrl + '" data-counter="right"></scr' + 'ipt>'); </script> </div> <div class="wdt_button_min cnnItem4"> <a href="#" class="cnnShareLink" id="shareBtn2"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.1/story/global/addthis.png" alt="Share" title="Share"/></a> <div id="share_popup"> <ul> <li> <a target="_blank" class="tumblr_share" title="Tumblr" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/tumblr_share_icon.gif" alt="Tumblr" border="0"/>Tumblr</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="stumbleupon_share" title="StumbleUpon" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/stumbleupon_share_icon.gif" alt="StumbleUpon" border="0"/>StumbleUpon</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="reddit_share" title="Reddit" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/reddit_share_icon.gif" alt="Reddit" border="0"/>Reddit</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="digg_share" title="Digg" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/digg_share_icon.gif" alt="Digg" border="0"/>Digg</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" class="delicious_share" title="Del.i.cious" href="#"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/delicious_share_icon.gif" alt="Delicious" border="0"/>Del.i.cious</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="wdt_button_min cnnItem5"> <a class="bmk_email bk" title="Email to a friend" href="#" onclick="return(ET());" onmouseover="return(ETMouseOver());" onmouseout="return(ETMouseOut());"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.1/story/global/email.png" alt="Email" title="Email"/></a> </div> <div class="wdt_button_min cnnItem6"> <a class="bmk_print bk" title="Print this page" href="#" onclick="return(PT());" onmouseover="return(PTMouseOver());" onmouseout="return(PTMouseOut());"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.1/story/global/print.png" alt="Print" title="Print"/></a> </div> </div> <script> ua = navigator.userAgent; if (ua.search(/Firefox\/3\.5/i) !== -1) { //$("h1").css("color","red"); $("div.wdt_button").css({ "margin-bottom": "18px", "margin-top": "8px" }); $(".small-buttons .cnnItem2").css({ "display": "none" }); $(".small-buttons .wdt_button_min").css({ "width": "108px" }); } </script> </div></div> <div class="left-column"> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"> </div> <div class="post" id="post-2515"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort)">Wanderlei Silva gets new foe (Rich Franklin), attacks old one (Vitor Belfort)</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <p>Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)</p> <p>Just five weeks ago, UFC president Dana White and mouthy middleweight Chael Sonnen, slated to challenge champion Anderson Silva for the belt, flew all the way to Rio de Janeiro to appear at a press conference with Silva and announce that the much-anticipated rematch would not take place in Brazil, as scheduled, but was being moved to Las Vegas.</p> <p>Because Rio was playing host to a United Nations sustainability conference the week of June 23, it wasn’t feasible to hold a stadium-sized event in the city that night. So Silva-Sonnen II was shifted to the States, and UFC 147 was moved 200 miles north to an arena in Belo Horizonte, to be headlined by a clash of a couple of other national MMA treasures, Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort.</p> <p>Well, so much for Plan B.</p> <p>On Saturday night, talking to reporters after still another Brazilian dynamo, Junior dos Santos, had successfully defended his heavyweight belt, White revealed that he’d just been informed Belfort had broke his left hand in training. The fight was off. (Sort of.)</p> <p>Silva got a new opponent Wednesday, as the UFC announced that Rich Franklin will step in to face “The Axe Murderer” in a 190-pound catchweight fight on the June 23 card. Franklin had been scheduled to fight Cung Le two weeks later at UFC 148.</p> <p>Perhaps this new Plan C will shift Silva’s focus away from attacking Belfort, his opposing coach on the first Brazilian edition of <em>The Ultimate Fighter</em> reality-TV show. In the days following the news reports that Belfort had to pull out of their fight because of injury, Silva continued to unleash his fury.</p> <p>“I guess you got scared of me,” Silva raged via Twitter on Tuesday. (He was writing in Portuguese, but the Brazilian magazine <em>Tatame</em> provided a translation.) “Nobody trains so hard that [he] breaks his hand. We use the best equipments, gloves, bandages. If you were scared, you shouldn’t have accepted [the fight]. If you really got it broken, it’s amateurism. And if you didn’t, you’re scared. In both scenarios, it was irresponsible of you towards the fans.”</p> <p>Those are some curious accusations from Silva, who as recently as two years ago injured himself during training and had to pull out of a fight. How “irresponsible” for him to have forgotten that. And Silva’s memory clearly does not extend back 14 years, when Belfort was so “scared” of being in the cage with him that he knocked out Silva in 44 seconds. That was when Wanderlei was Wanderlei, too. In recent years he’s been a shell of his fearsome old self, losing six of his nine bouts since 2006. One of those defeats was a 2009 unanimous-decision loss to Franklin, who apparently was not too scared to step up on short notice for a rematch.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>– Jeff Wagenheim</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?share=twitter" title="Click to share on Twitter" id="sharing-twitter-2515"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?share=facebook" title="Share on Facebook" id="sharing-facebook-2515"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li class="share-google-plus-1"><a rel="nofollow" class="share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?share=google-plus-1" title="Click to share on Google+" id="sharing-google-2515"><span>Google +1</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div></div> </div> <div id="authorbio"></div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>May 30, 2012</span></li> </div> </div> <style type="text/css"> .OUTBRAIN .ob_dual_right { background:transparent url('https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e/img/4.0/global/pixels/d5d5d5.gif') repeat-y; } .OUTBRAIN .ob_org_header, .OUTBRAIN .ob_ads_header { font-size:16px;font-weight:bold; } .OUTBRAIN LI { background:transparent url('https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/global/arrows/red_on_white_5x9.gif') no-repeat 0px 10px;color:#999;font-weight:bold;line-height:13px;padding:7px 0px 7px 8px; } .OUTBRAIN LI A { color:#5a637e; } .OUTBRAIN LI A:hover { color:#ec2c21; } .OUTBRAIN .ob_what A { color:#999; } .OUTBRAIN .ob_what A:hover { color:#ec2c21; } </style> <div style="width: 678px; background: #fff; padding: 25px 0 0 0; "> <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507oe_/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/" data-widget-id="AR_2" data-ob-template="si"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://widgets.outbrain.com/outbrain.js"></script> </div>  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507cs_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/blogs/counterpunch/livefyre-comments.css"/> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/blogs/counterpunch/livefyre-comments.js"></script> <a name="comment"></a> <div id="comments"><script> (function() { var a=this;var b,c,d,e,f;function g(){return a.navigator?a.navigator.userAgent:null}f=e=d=c=b=!1;var h;if(h=g()){var i=a.navigator;b=0==h.indexOf("Opera");c=!b&&-1!=h.indexOf("MSIE");e=(d=!b&&-1!=h.indexOf("WebKit"))&&-1!=h.indexOf("Mobile");f=!b&&!d&&"Gecko"==i.product}var j=c,k=f,l=d,m=e;var n;if(b&&a.opera){var o=a.opera.version;"function"==typeof o&&o()}else k?n=/rv\:([^\);]+)(\)|;)/:j?n=/MSIE\s+([^\);]+)(\)|;)/:l&&(n=/WebKit\/(\S+)/),n&&n.exec(g());var p=document,q=p.createElement("link");q.rel="stylesheet";q.type="text/css";q.href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.livefyre.com/wjs/v3.0/css/livefyre_"+(m?"mobile":"embed")+".css";q.media="all";p.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(q);var r="header hgroup footer article section aside nav figure figcaption embed audio video canvas details summary time mark".split(" "),s=p.createDocumentFragment(),t;for(t in r)s.appendChild(p.createElement(r[t])); })(); </script> <div class="fyre fyre-width-large"> <div class="fyre-widget"> <div class="fyre-stream-stats"> <div class="fyre-comment-count"> <span>0 comments</span> </div> <div class="fyre-divider"></div> <div class="fyre-help"> <div class="fyre-box-wrapper"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://livefyre.com/" target="_blank"><span class="fyre-logo-drop"> </span> <img class="fyre-logo-help" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://www.livefyre.com/wjs/v3.0/images/lf-logo.png" alt="Livefyre"/></a> <ul class="fyre-box-list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://livefyre.com/" target="_blank" title="Get Livefyre">Get Livefyre</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://support.livefyre.com/" target="_blank" title="FAQ">FAQ</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fyre-auth"> <div class="fyre-login-bar"><a rel="nofollow" href="#" class="fyre-user-loggedout">Sign in</a></div> </div> <div class="fyre-editor"> <div class="fyre-editor-container"> <div class="fyre-editor-editable" style="height: 100px;"></div> <div class="fyre-editor-toolbar"> <div class="goog-toolbar goog-toolbar-horizontal" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" role="toolbar" aria-activedescendant=""> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left fyre-format-button" title="" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id=":0"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"></div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left fyre-mention-button" title="" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id=":1"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"></div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left fyre-follow-button" title="" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id=":2"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-left-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> + Follow </div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right fyre-post-button fyre-post-button-enabled" title="" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id=":3"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> Post comment </div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right fyre-post-to fyre-post-to-facebook" title="" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id=":4"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"></div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right fyre-post-to fyre-post-to-twitter" title="" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id=":5"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block fyre-button-right-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"></div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-toolbar-separator goog-inline-block" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" role="separator" id=":6">   </div> </div> <div class="fyre-format-toolbar" style="display: none;"> <div class="goog-toolbar goog-toolbar-horizontal" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" role="toolbar" tabindex="-1"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button" title="Bold" aria-pressed="true" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id="+bold"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="tr-icon tr-bold" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button" title="Italic" aria-pressed="true" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id="+italic"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="tr-icon tr-italic" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button" title="Underline" aria-pressed="true" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id="+underline"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="tr-icon tr-underline" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button" title="Add or remove link" aria-pressed="true" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id="+link"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="tr-link" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> Link </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button" title="Numbered list" aria-pressed="true" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id="+insertOrderedList"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="tr-icon tr-insertOrderedList" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button" title="Bullet list" aria-pressed="true" role="button" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" id="+insertUnorderedList"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-outer-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="goog-inline-block goog-toolbar-button-inner-box" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> <div class="tr-icon tr-insertUnorderedList" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fyre-comment-stream" style=""> <div class="fyre-stream-sort"> Sort: <a class="fyre-stream-sort-newest">Newest</a> | <a class="fyre-stream-sort-oldest">Oldest</a> </div> <div class="fyre-stream-content"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="font-family: arial !important;" id="lf_pings"> <h3>Trackbacks</h3> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-852"> <div id="div-comment-852" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.xtrememmafighters.com/?p=6410" rel="external nofollow" class="url">» Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.) – SI.com</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-852"> May 31, 2012 at 9:05 am</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_852"></div><p>[...] Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comSo Silva-Sonnen II was shifted to the States, and UFC 147 was moved 200 miles north to an arena in Belo Horizonte, to be headlined by a clash of a couple of other national MMA treasures, Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort. On Saturday night, talking to …Morning Report: Shane Carwin Eyes Return, Rich Franklin Enshrined in 'Company …MMA FightingMMA Rumors: Rich Franklin to Replace Belfort Against Wanderlei Silva in UFC 147Bleacher ReportWanderlei Silva calls Vitor Belfort disrespectful for breaking hand, pulling …Yahoo! Sports (blog)MMAFrenzy.com -TSN -Examiner.comall 76 news articles » [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=852#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-852", "852", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-854"> <div id="div-comment-854" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.sportsfacts.tv/bye-bye-brazil-and-hello-plan-c-si-com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Sports Facts » Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.) – SI.com</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-854"> May 31, 2012 at 10:17 am</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_854"></div><p>[...] Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comSo Silva-Sonnen II was shifted to the States, and UFC 147 was moved 200 miles north to an arena in Belo Horizonte, to be headlined by a clash of a couple of other national MMA treasures, Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort. On Saturday night, talking to …Morning Report: Shane Carwin Eyes Return, Rich Franklin Enshrined in 'Company …MMA FightingMMA Rumors: Rich Franklin to Replace Belfort Against Wanderlei Silva in UFC 147Bleacher ReportWanderlei Silva calls Vitor Belfort disrespectful for breaking hand, pulling …Yahoo! Sports (blog)MMAFrenzy.com -Examiner.com -TSNall 77 news articles » [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=854#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-854", "854", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-856"> <div id="div-comment-856" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mmafightingresults.com/2012/05/bye-bye-brazil-and-hello-plan-c-si-com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.) – SI.com - MMA Fighting Results</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-856"> May 31, 2012 at 11:06 am</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_856"></div><p>[...] Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comJust five weeks ago, UFC president Dana White and mouthy middleweight Chael Sonnen, slated to challenge champion Anderson Silva for the belt, flew all the way to Rio de Janeiro to appear at a press conference with Silva and announce that the …UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin 2ESPNPatrick Cote returns to UFC, steps in to face Cung Le at UFC 148MMATorchCote handed Cung Le clash at UFC 148ESPN.co.ukBleacher Report -Opposing Views -MMA Fightingall 81 news articles » [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=856#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-856", "856", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-859"> <div id="div-comment-859" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.e-mma.tv/bye-bye-brazil-and-hello-plan-c-si-com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">MMA » Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.) – SI.com</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-859"> May 31, 2012 at 4:07 pm</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_859"></div><p>[...] Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comSo Silva-Sonnen II was shifted to the States, and UFC 147 was moved 200 miles north to an arena in Belo Horizonte, to be headlined by a clash of a couple of other national MMA treasures, Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort. On Saturday night, talking to …MMA Crossfire – Cote vs Le added to UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen IICanada.com (blog)Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva 2 Now Set as UFC 147 Main EventYahoo! SportsMorning Report: Shane Carwin Eyes Return, Rich Franklin Enshrined in 'Company …MMA FightingBleacher Report -Examiner.com -Sports World Reportall 87 news articles » [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=859#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-859", "859", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-862"> <div id="div-comment-862" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mmafightingresults.com/2012/05/ufc-147-a-struggle-for-success-fans-take-yahoo-sports/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">UFC 147; A Struggle for Success: Fan’s Take – Yahoo! Sports - MMA Fighting Results</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-862"> May 31, 2012 at 11:05 pm</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_862"></div><p>[...] various reasons, A. Silva vs. Sonnen II was moved to UFC 148, leaving a hole at the top of the card.Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comUFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin 2ESPNPatrick Cote returns to UFC, steps in to face Cung Le at UFC [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=862#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-862", "862", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-863"> <div id="div-comment-863" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.xtrememmafighters.com/?p=6430" rel="external nofollow" class="url">» MMA Analysis: Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin Set for UFC 147 – Opposing Views</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-863"> May 31, 2012 at 11:52 pm</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_863"></div><p>[...] Night bonuses. Their UFC 147 bout will be a five round main event at a catch weight of 190 pounds.Bye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comMMA Crossfire – Cote vs Le added to UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen IICanada.com (blog)Rich [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=863#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-863", "863", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-864"> <div id="div-comment-864" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.sportsfacts.tv/mixed-martial-arts-fans-eventually-will-tell-ufc-enough-is-enough-the-detroit-news/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Sports Facts » Mixed martial arts fans eventually will tell UFC: Enough is enough – The Detroit News</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-864"> June 1, 2012 at 1:41 am</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_864"></div><p>[...] is overexposing …MMA Analysis: Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin Set for UFC 147Opposing ViewsBye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comMMA Crossfire – Cote vs Le added to UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen IICanada.com (blog)Yahoo! [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=864#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-864", "864", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-865"> <div id="div-comment-865" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.e-mma.tv/mixed-martial-arts-fans-eventually-will-tell-ufc-enough-is-enough-the-detroit-news/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">MMA » Mixed martial arts fans eventually will tell UFC: Enough is enough – The Detroit News</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-865"> June 1, 2012 at 1:47 am</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_865"></div><p>[...] is overexposing …MMA Analysis: Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin Set for UFC 147Opposing ViewsBye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comMMA Crossfire – Cote vs Le added to UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen IICanada.com (blog)Yahoo! [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=865#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-865", "865", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-867"> <div id="div-comment-867" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.xtrememmafighters.com/?p=6433" rel="external nofollow" class="url">» Mixed martial arts fans eventually will tell UFC: Enough is enough – The Detroit News</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-867"> June 1, 2012 at 1:58 am</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_867"></div><p>[...] is overexposing …MMA Analysis: Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin Set for UFC 147Opposing ViewsBye-bye, Brazil. (And hello, Plan C.)SI.comMMA Crossfire – Cote vs Le added to UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen IICanada.com (blog)Yahoo! [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=867#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-867", "867", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-873"> <div id="div-comment-873" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.sportsfacts.tv/company-man-franklin-answers-call-again-espn-blog/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Sports Facts » Company man Franklin answers call again – ESPN (blog)</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-873"> June 1, 2012 at 10:55 pm</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_873"></div><p>[...] plus one legend retires while one …Mirror.co.ukOpposing Views -Canada.com (blog) -SI.comall 106 news [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=873#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-873", "873", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-875"> <div id="div-comment-875" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.xtrememmafighters.com/?p=6455" rel="external nofollow" class="url">» Company man Franklin answers call again – ESPN (blog)</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-875"> June 1, 2012 at 11:12 pm</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_875"></div><p>[...] plus one legend retires while one …Mirror.co.ukOpposing Views -Canada.com (blog) -SI.comall 106 news [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=875#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-875", "875", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-876"> <div id="div-comment-876" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.e-mma.tv/company-man-franklin-answers-call-again-espn-blog/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">MMA » Company man Franklin answers call again – ESPN (blog)</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/#comment-876"> June 1, 2012 at 11:53 pm</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_876"></div><p>[...] plus one legend retires while one …Mirror.co.ukOpposing Views -Canada.com (blog) -SI.comall 105 news [...]</p> <div class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/30/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack/?replytocom=876#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("div-comment-876", "876", "respond", "2515")"></a> </div> </div> </li> </ol> </div>  </div> <div class="sidebar test"> <div id="ad300x250" class="rightbox"> <script language="JavaScript"> siAds.render('mma_boxing/rgt.300x250', 300, 250); </script> </div> <div class="rightbox"><div class="list"> <h2>Recent Posts</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/30/marco-huck-ola-afolabi-ready-to-battle-for-cruiserweight-belt/" title="Marco Huck, Ola Afolabi ready to battle for cruiserweight belt">Marco Huck, Ola Afolabi ready to battle for cruiserweight belt</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/29/rousey-tate-surprises-signals-troubling-drama-heavy-trend-in-ufc-title-bouts/" title="Rousey-Tate surprise signals troubling, drama-heavy trend in UFC title bouts">Rousey-Tate surprise signals troubling, drama-heavy trend in UFC title bouts</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/25/three-thoughts-on-carl-frochs-unanimous-win-over-mikkel-kessler/" title="Three thoughts on Carl Froch’s unanimous decision over Mikkel Kessler">Three thoughts on Carl Froch’s unanimous decision over Mikkel Kessler</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/24/ufcs-daniel-cormier-to-jon-jones-we-can-fight-at-220-pounds-tomorrow/" title="UFC’s Daniel Cormier to Jon Jones: “We can fight at 220 [pounds] tomorrow”">UFC’s Daniel Cormier to Jon Jones: “We can fight at 220 [pounds] tomorrow”</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/24/ufc-160-predictions-cain-velasquez-vs-antonio-bigfoot-silva/" title="UFC 160 Predictions: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva">UFC 160 Predictions: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva</a> </li> </ul> </div></div><div class="rightbox"><div class="list"><h2>Categories</h2> <ul> <li class="cat-item cat-item-7716"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/" title="View all posts filed under Boxing">Boxing</a> </li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-12504"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/" title="View all posts filed under MMA">MMA</a> </li> </ul> </div></div><div class="rightbox"><div class="list"><h2>Top Posts & Pages</h2><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/29/rousey-tate-surprises-signals-troubling-drama-heavy-trend-in-ufc-title-bouts/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Rousey-Tate surprise signals troubling, drama-heavy trend in UFC title bouts</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/24/ufcs-daniel-cormier-to-jon-jones-we-can-fight-at-220-pounds-tomorrow/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">UFC's Daniel Cormier to Jon Jones: "We can fight at 220 [pounds] tomorrow"</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/10/adrien-broner-paulie-malignaggi/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Trash-talking Adrien Broner hoping for more respect after Malignaggi fight</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/25/three-thoughts-on-carl-frochs-unanimous-win-over-mikkel-kessler/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Three thoughts on Carl Froch's unanimous decision over Mikkel Kessler</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/10/mayweather-vs-guerrero-ppv-buys-showtime/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Showtime rejects worrying rumors, calls Mayweather vs. Guerrero a 'major win'</a></li> </ul></div></div><div class="rightbox"><div class="list"><h2>Archives</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/" title="May 2013">May 2013</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/" title="April 2013">April 2013</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/" title="March 2013">March 2013</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/02/" title="February 2013">February 2013</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/" title="January 2013">January 2013</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/12/" title="December 2012">December 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/" title="November 2012">November 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/10/" title="October 2012">October 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/" title="September 2012">September 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/08/" title="August 2012">August 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/07/" title="July 2012">July 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/06/" title="June 2012">June 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/" title="May 2012">May 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/" title="April 2012">April 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/03/" title="March 2012">March 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/02/" title="February 2012">February 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/01/" title="January 2012">January 2012</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/12/" title="December 2011">December 2011</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/" title="November 2011">November 2011</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/10/" title="October 2011">October 2011</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/09/" title="September 2011">September 2011</a></li> </ul> </div></div><div class="rightbox"><div class="list"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/https://www.facebook.com/SICounterpunch">Counterpunch</a></h2><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSICounterpunch&width=200&height=110&colorscheme=light&show_faces=false&stream=false&header=false&force_wall=false" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 200px; height: 110px; background: #fff"></iframe></div></div><div class="rightbox"><div class="list"><h2>Tags</h2><div style="overflow:hidden"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/adrien-broner/" class="tag-link-14371495" title="10 topics" style="font-size: 10.153846153846pt;">Adrien Broner</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/alexander-povetkin/" class="tag-link-5572876" title="9 topics" style="font-size: 9.5384615384615pt;">Alexander Povetkin</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/amir-khan/" class="tag-link-672962" title="12 topics" style="font-size: 11.230769230769pt;">Amir Khan</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/anderson-silva/" class="tag-link-482559" title="15 topics" style="font-size: 12.615384615385pt;">Anderson Silva</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/andre-ward/" class="tag-link-5588125" title="11 topics" style="font-size: 10.769230769231pt;">Andre Ward</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/austin-trout/" class="tag-link-7918480" title="9 topics" style="font-size: 9.5384615384615pt;">Austin Trout</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/bernard-hopkins/" class="tag-link-1258906" title="12 topics" style="font-size: 11.230769230769pt;">Bernard Hopkins</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/bob-arum/" class="tag-link-1602831" title="15 topics" style="font-size: 12.615384615385pt;">Bob Arum</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/boxing/" class="tag-link-7716" title="11 topics" style="font-size: 10.769230769231pt;">Boxing</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/brandon-rios/" class="tag-link-31139632" title="8 topics" style="font-size: 8.7692307692308pt;">Brandon Rios</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/cain-velasquez/" class="tag-link-3962506" title="8 topics" style="font-size: 8.7692307692308pt;">Cain Velasquez</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/carl-froch/" class="tag-link-2466567" title="10 topics" style="font-size: 10.153846153846pt;">Carl Froch</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/chael-sonnen/" class="tag-link-678256" title="15 topics" style="font-size: 12.615384615385pt;">Chael Sonnen</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/dana-white/" class="tag-link-482296" title="30 topics" style="font-size: 17.076923076923pt;">Dana White</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/danny-garcia/" class="tag-link-1049881" title="12 topics" style="font-size: 11.230769230769pt;">Danny Garcia</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/floyd-mayweather/" class="tag-link-1001637" title="64 topics" style="font-size: 22pt;">Floyd Mayweather</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/frankie-edgar/" class="tag-link-1784991" title="8 topics" style="font-size: 8.7692307692308pt;">Frankie Edgar</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/freddie-roach/" class="tag-link-2099081" title="13 topics" style="font-size: 11.846153846154pt;">Freddie Roach</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/gennady-golovkin/" class="tag-link-40192120" title="11 topics" style="font-size: 10.769230769231pt;">Gennady Golovkin</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/georges-st-pierre/" class="tag-link-482294" title="11 topics" style="font-size: 10.769230769231pt;">Georges St-Pierre</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/hbo/" class="tag-link-66659" title="12 topics" style="font-size: 11.230769230769pt;">HBO</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/jon-jones/" class="tag-link-6094868" title="25 topics" style="font-size: 15.846153846154pt;">Jon Jones</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/juan-manuel-marquez/" class="tag-link-2057614" title="28 topics" style="font-size: 16.615384615385pt;">Juan Manuel Marquez</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/julio-cesar-chavez-jr/" class="tag-link-4372192" title="9 topics" style="font-size: 9.5384615384615pt;">Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/lamont-peterson/" class="tag-link-3964313" title="11 topics" style="font-size: 10.769230769231pt;">Lamont Peterson</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/lucian-bute/" class="tag-link-2659008" title="8 topics" style="font-size: 8.7692307692308pt;">Lucian Bute</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/manny-pacquiao/" class="tag-link-171899" title="59 topics" style="font-size: 21.538461538462pt;">Manny Pacquiao</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/miguel-cotto/" class="tag-link-1251332" title="29 topics" style="font-size: 16.923076923077pt;">Miguel Cotto</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/mma/" class="tag-link-12504" title="16 topics" style="font-size: 13.076923076923pt;">MMA</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/rashad-evans/" class="tag-link-548959" title="11 topics" style="font-size: 10.769230769231pt;">Rashad Evans</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/robert-guerrero/" class="tag-link-3977962" title="14 topics" style="font-size: 12.307692307692pt;">Robert Guerrero</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/ronda-rousey/" class="tag-link-7698834" title="9 topics" style="font-size: 9.5384615384615pt;">Ronda Rousey</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/saul-alvarez/" class="tag-link-27805377" title="15 topics" style="font-size: 12.615384615385pt;">Saul Alvarez</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/sergio-martinez/" class="tag-link-2800723" title="14 topics" style="font-size: 12.307692307692pt;">Sergio Martinez</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/shane-mosley/" class="tag-link-975887" title="9 topics" style="font-size: 9.5384615384615pt;">Shane Mosley</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/showtime/" class="tag-link-62725" title="10 topics" style="font-size: 10.153846153846pt;">Showtime</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/timothy-bradley/" class="tag-link-3221676" title="17 topics" style="font-size: 13.538461538462pt;">Timothy Bradley</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/tomasz-adamek/" class="tag-link-6352706" title="8 topics" style="font-size: 8.7692307692308pt;">Tomasz Adamek</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/ufc/" class="tag-link-23199" title="44 topics" style="font-size: 19.538461538462pt;">UFC</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/ultimate-fighting-championship/" class="tag-link-207751" title="37 topics" style="font-size: 18.461538461538pt;">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/victor-ortiz/" class="tag-link-5582377" title="18 topics" style="font-size: 13.846153846154pt;">Victor Ortiz</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/vitali-klitschko/" class="tag-link-1270432" title="11 topics" style="font-size: 10.769230769231pt;">Vitali Klitschko</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/vitor-belfort/" class="tag-link-494440" title="9 topics" style="font-size: 9.5384615384615pt;">Vitor Belfort</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/wladimir-klitschko/" class="tag-link-463554" title="18 topics" style="font-size: 13.846153846154pt;">Wladimir Klitschko</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/tag/yuriorkis-gamboa/" class="tag-link-7025811" title="7 topics" style="font-size: 8pt;">Yuriorkis Gamboa</a></div></div></div>  <div class="rightbox" id="quigo"> <script type="text/javascript"> adsonar_placementId=1495375;adsonar_pid=1176767;adsonar_ps=-1;adsonar_zw=295;adsonar_zh=250; </script> <script>cnnad_createSL();</script> </div> </div> <div class="cnnClear"></div> </div></div> <div id="footer" style="height: 195px;"> <div class="cnnRight" style="height: 155px;"> <ul> <li class="logo"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.1/global/footer_logo.jpg" alt="SI.com" title="SI.com"/></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://subscription-assets.si.com/prod/assets/themes/magazines/default/template-resources/html/THEOX/splits/si-ros-footer.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SUBSCRIBE TO SI</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.sportsillustratedeverywhere.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DIGITAL EDITION</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mobile/">SI MOBILE</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/about_us/jobs/">JOBS</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/sitemap/">SITE MAP</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/https://subscription.si.com/storefront/subscribe-to-sports-illustrated/link/1001406.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GIVE THE GIFT OF SI</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sipictures.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SI PICTURE SALES</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.sportsillustratedsnapshot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PICTURES OF THE DAY</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/about_us/">ABOUT US</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://simediakit.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SI MEDIA KITS</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://www.sicovers.com/default.aspx?utm_source=sicom&utm_medium=ftr&utm_campaign=icrefer&xid=siftr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SI COVER COLLECTION</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sicustomerservice.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SI CUSTOMER SERVICE</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/magazine/si.books/">SI BOOKS</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/about_us/feedback/">CONTACT US</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/services/rss/">ADD RSS HEADLINE</a></li> </ul> <div class="cnnClear"></div> <div class="legal"> Copyright © 2013 Time Inc. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/interactive_legal.html">Terms</a> under which this service is provided to you. Read our <a rel="nofollow" href="/web/20130530221507/http://mma-boxing.si.com/privacy/">privacy guidelines</a>.</div> </div> <p id="wp_vip"> Powered by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://en.wordpress.com/vip-hosting/" target="_blank">WordPress.com VIP</a> </p> <div id="search"> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/search/"> <div> <input type="text" name="text" id="text" value="search SI.com" onclick="if(this.value == 'search SI.com') this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value.length == 0) this.value='search SI.com';"/> <input name="" type="image" id="go" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/blogs/poz/search_icon.png"/> </div> </form> </div> </div> <br/> <br/>  <script type="text/javascript"> var isWordpress = true; </script>  <script language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/js/4.1/global/jsmd/metadata.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/js/4.1/global/jsmd/jsmd.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript">  </script>  <script language="JavaScript">siAds.tracking();</script>  <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { function loadHorizon() { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = ('https:' === location.protocol?'https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/https://d1gp8joe0evc8s.cloudfront.net':'https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://cdn.sail-horizon.com')+'/horizon/v1.js'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); } loadHorizon(); var oldOnLoad = window.onload; window.onload = function() { if (typeof oldOnLoad === 'function') { oldOnLoad(); } Sailthru.setup({ domain: 'horizon.mma-boxing.si.com' }); }; })(); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var _qevents = _qevents || [], wpcomQuantcastData = {"qacct":"p-18-mFEk4J448M","labels":",language.en,type.wpcom,posttag.brazil,posttag.rich-franklin,posttag.the-ultimate-fighter,posttag.ufc,posttag.ultimate-fighting-championship,posttag.vitor-belfort,posttag.wanderlei-silva,vip.sicounterpunch"}; function wpcomQuantcastPixel( labels, options ) { var i, defaults = wpcomQuantcastData, data = { event: 'ajax' }; labels = labels || ''; options = options || {}; if ( typeof labels != 'string' ) options = labels; for ( i in defaults ) { data[i] = defaults[i]; } for ( i in options ) { data[i] = options[i]; } if ( data.labels ) { data.labels += ',' + labels; } else { data.labels = labels; } _qevents.push( data ); }; (function() {var elem = document.createElement('script');elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/https://secure" : "https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://edge") + ".quantserve.com/quant.js";elem.async = true;elem.type = "text/javascript";var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt); })(); _qevents.push( wpcomQuantcastData ); </script> <noscript><div style="display: none;"><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-18-mFEk4J448M.gif?labels=%2Clanguage.en%2Ctype.wpcom%2Cposttag.brazil%2Cposttag.rich-franklin%2Cposttag.the-ultimate-fighter%2Cposttag.ufc%2Cposttag.ultimate-fighting-championship%2Cposttag.vitor-belfort%2Cposttag.wanderlei-silva%2Cvip.sicounterpunch" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div></noscript> <script type="text/javascript">var lf_config = [{"collectionMeta":"eyJ0eXAiOiJqd3QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0aXRsZSI6IldhbmRlcmxlaSBTaWx2YSBnZXRzIG5ldyBmb2UgKFJpY2ggRnJhbmtsaW4pLCBhdHRhY2tzIG9sZCBvbmUgKFZpdG9yJm5ic3A7QmVsZm9ydCkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOlwvXC9tbWEtYm94aW5nLnNpLmNvbVwvMjAxMlwvMDVcLzMwXC9uby12aXRvci1iZWxmb3J0LWZpZ2h0LWJ1dC13YW5kZXJsZWktc2lsdmEtc3RpbGwtb24tYXR0YWNrXC8iLCJ0YWdzIjoiIiwiY2hlY2tzdW0iOiI0YzAyZDIyNGRmODcxYWIyYTE2YmEyOTZmNTIxZTRmNSIsImFydGljbGVJZCI6MjUxNX0.WUWfyA_koq84gukIG9HtyvwrGWiDy4Zzi10omxWDI9E","checksum":"4c02d224df871ab2a16ba296f521e4f5","siteId":"308691","articleId":2515,"betaBanner":false,"delegate":"authDelegate","el":"comments"}];var conv = fyre.conv.load({"network": "sportsillustrated.fyre.co", "authDelegate": authDelegate}, lf_config, function(widget){console.dir(widget);});</script><div id="BF_WIDGET_1"> </div><script type="text/javascript">(function( ){BF_WIDGET_JS=document.createElement("script"); BF_WIDGET_JS.type="text/javascript"; BF_WIDGET_SRC="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://ct.buzzfeed.com/wd/UserWidget?u=sportsillustrated.cnn.com&to=1&or=vb&wid=1&cb=" + (new Date()).getTime(); setTimeout(function() {document.getElementById("BF_WIDGET_1").appendChild(BF_WIDGET_JS);BF_WIDGET_JS.src=BF_WIDGET_SRC},1); })();</script><script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://0.gravatar.com/js/gprofiles.js?ver=201322ac"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var WPGroHo = {"my_hash":""}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/gravatar-hovercards/wpgroho.js?m=1351637563g"></script> <script>jQuery(document).ready(function($){ Gravatar.profile_cb = function( h, d ) { WPGroHo.syncProfileData( h, d ); }; Gravatar.my_hash = WPGroHo.my_hash; Gravatar.init( 'body', '#wp-admin-bar-my-account' ); });</script> <div style="display:none"> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var HighlanderComments = {"loggingInText":"Logging In\u2026","submittingText":"Posting Comment\u2026","postCommentText":"Post Comment","connectingToText":"Connecting to %s","commentingAsText":"%1$s: You are commenting using your %2$s account.","logoutText":"Log Out","loginText":"Log In","connectURL":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130530221507\/http:\/\/sicounterpunch.wordpress.com\/public.api\/connect\/?action=request","logoutURL":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130530221507\/http:\/\/sicounterpunch.wordpress.com\/wp-login.php?action=logout&_wpnonce=25f2d87b52","homeURL":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130530221507\/http:\/\/mma-boxing.si.com\/","postID":"2515","gravDefault":"identicon","enterACommentError":"Please enter a comment","enterEmailError":"Please enter your email address here","invalidEmailError":"Invalid email address","enterAuthorError":"Please enter your name here","gravatarFromEmail":"This picture will show whenever you leave a comment. Click to customize it.","logInToExternalAccount":"Log in to use details from one of these accounts.","change":"Change","changeAccount":"Change Account","comment_registration":"","userIsLoggedIn":"","isJetpack":"0"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://s2.wp.com/_static/??/wp-content/js/jquery/jquery.autoresize.js,/wp-content/mu-plugins/highlander-comments/script.js?m=1369800175j"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> WPCOM_sharing_counts = {"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130530221507\/http:\/\/mma-boxing.si.com\/2012\/05\/30\/no-vitor-belfort-fight-but-wanderlei-silva-still-on-attack\/":2515} </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/post-flair/sharing/sharing.js?m=1363286270g"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).on( 'ready post-load', function(){ jQuery( 'a.share-twitter' ).on( 'click', function() { window.open( jQuery(this).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomtwitter', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=350' ); return false; }); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).on( 'ready post-load', function(){ jQuery( 'a.share-facebook' ).on( 'click', function() { window.open( jQuery(this).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomfacebook', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=400' ); return false; }); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).on( 'ready post-load', function(){ jQuery( 'a.share-google-plus-1' ).on( 'click', function() { window.open( jQuery(this).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomgoogle-plus-1', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=600' ); return false; }); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" id="polldaddyRatings"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script><script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://i0.poll.fm/js/rating/rating.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/js/devicepx.js?m=1368969037g"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ (function() { try{ if ( window.external &&'msIsSiteMode' in window.external) { if (window.external.msIsSiteMode()) { var jl = document.createElement('script'); jl.type='text/javascript'; jl.async=true; jl.src='/wp-content/plugins/ie-sitemode/custom-jumplist.php'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(jl, s); } } }catch(e){} })(); // ]]> </script><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507js_/http://s.stats.wordpress.com/w.js?21" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> st_go({'blog':'26718473','v':'wpcom','tz':'-4','user_id':'0','post':'2515','subd':'sicounterpunch'}); function st_vt() {var x=document.createElement("img");x.src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://stats.wordpress.com/g.gif?blog=26718473&v=wpcomvt&tz=-4&user_id=0&post=2515&subd=sicounterpunch&rand="+Math.random();} ex_go({'crypt':'UE40eW5QN0p8M2Y/RE1BNmNJfGhxNCVxUDExYmtib2E/SzdEJm0lUEtbdFU0fFk4cHZvcUFrZT90Tn4yQm1+R3NyNTcwVHRdUGI1SUM1Z2g/RFgwMEtQQzNGdHlVSHhwTXRPdGpiTGJNWmgrcVNIdy9dQzBaZlhDNW1wdW5bfG1BVnZySnFxZUFfRTJaa0o/RFZQTGkmUnorVWFXdD9Rd1JOWS9BV3xXMVlkUzZpM1YxQ051d2FmMENaTmNkU0Qybm5oeCUrZEN4T0FRMzJZJkF4VTFMRHJGYnBQR1J3Wl9dM0pWSDhJLUpkQlZTZHlkXyZzUTgmb0EwfHlLd1QtJUpHUFd8VjhdLU9xUThHLEFXMWFWRGFhS1t+d0wmUmFs'}); addLoadEvent(function(){linktracker_init('26718473',2515);}); </script> <noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507im_/http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?v=noscript" style="height:0px;width:0px;overflow:hidden" alt=""/></noscript>  <script type="text/javascript"> var _sf_async_config={}; _sf_async_config.uid = 43887; _sf_async_config.domain = 'sportsillustrated.cnn.com'; _sf_async_config.sections = 'sicounterpunchwordpressblogpage'; _sf_async_config.authors = 'Bryan Armen Graham'; _sf_async_config.useCanonical = true; (function(){ function loadChartbeat() { window._sf_endpt=(new Date()).getTime(); var e = document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript'); e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('src', (('https:' == document.location.protocol) ? 'https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/https://a248.e.akamai.net/chartbeat.download.akamai.com/102508/' : 'https://web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://static.chartbeat.com/') + 'js/chartbeat.js'); document.body.appendChild(e); } var oldonload = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); }; })(); </script> <script> if ( 'object' === typeof wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info ) { wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.init(); var mobileStatsQueryString = ""; if( false !== wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName ) mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'mobile_platforms' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName; if( false !== wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName ) mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'mobile_devices' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName; if( wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.isIPad() ) mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'ipad_views' + '=' + 'views'; if( "" != mobileStatsQueryString ) { new Image().src = document.location.protocol + '//web.archive.org/web/20130530221507/http://stats.wordpress.com/g.gif?v=wpcom-no-pv' + mobileStatsQueryString + '&baba=' + Math.random(); } } </script> </body> </html>