Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort will face Japanese-Korean superstar Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133 in a middleweight tilt. Belfort is coming off a KO loss to middleweight champion Anderson Silva at UFC 126. Akiyama hasn't fought since a unanimous decision loss to Michael Bisping at UFC 120, his second straight loss following a submission loss to Chris Leben at UFC 116.
Here's video of Belfort training for Sexyama. Full UFC 133 fight card after the jump.
HT MMA Mania
Aug 6th, live on Pay-per-view from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Main card:
Phil Davis (9-0) vs. Rashad Evans (15-1-1)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-3) vs. Vitor Belfort (19-9)
Rich Franklin (28-6) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5)
Jorge Rivera (19-8) vs. Alessio Sakara (15-8)
Rory MacDonald (11-1) vs. Mike Pyle (21-7-1)
Preliminary card:
Johny Hendricks (10-1) vs. Mike Pierce (12-3)
Alexander Gustafsson (11-1) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-5)
Mike Brown (24-8) vs. Nam Phan (16-8)
Chad Mendes (10-0) vs. Rani Yahya (16-6)
Ivan Menjivar (22-8) vs. Nick Pace (6-1)
Brian Ebersole (47-14-1) vs. Dennis Hallman (50-13-2)
Constantinos Philippou (7-2) vs. Rafael "Sapo" Natal (11-3-1)
Here's video of Belfort training for Sexyama. Full UFC 133 fight card after the jump.
HT MMA Mania
Aug 6th, live on Pay-per-view from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Main card:
Phil Davis (9-0) vs. Rashad Evans (15-1-1)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-3) vs. Vitor Belfort (19-9)
Rich Franklin (28-6) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5)
Jorge Rivera (19-8) vs. Alessio Sakara (15-8)
Rory MacDonald (11-1) vs. Mike Pyle (21-7-1)
Preliminary card:
Johny Hendricks (10-1) vs. Mike Pierce (12-3)
Alexander Gustafsson (11-1) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-5)
Mike Brown (24-8) vs. Nam Phan (16-8)
Chad Mendes (10-0) vs. Rani Yahya (16-6)
Ivan Menjivar (22-8) vs. Nick Pace (6-1)
Brian Ebersole (47-14-1) vs. Dennis Hallman (50-13-2)
Constantinos Philippou (7-2) vs. Rafael "Sapo" Natal (11-3-1)
