{"id":394258,"date":"2021-09-11T16:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T23:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=394258"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:15:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T20:15:43","slug":"anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for ‘The Phenom’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight’s ‘Triller: Legends 2’ event in Florida.<\/p>\n

Belfort (26-14 MMA, 1-0 Boxing) is set to headline the fight card opposite former four-time world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Anderson Silva is set to square off with fellow former UFC champion Tito Ortiz in a catchweight contest.<\/p>\n

With many fans anticipating that both ‘The Spider’ and ‘The Phenom’ will emerge victorious in their respective bouts this evening, the idea of a rematch between the two in boxing was thrown Silva’s way.<\/p>\n

\u201cA fight that would be cool would be Vitor and\u00a0Wanderlei Silva,\u201d<\/em> Anderson Silva said of the idea of booking him versus Belfort next (via MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cThis fight would be spectacular. Everybody wants to see this fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Wanderlei<\/p>\n

‘The Axe Murderer’ and ‘The Phenom’ have a history, the pair collided way back at UFC Brazil in 1998, with Vitor emerging victorious by way of a stunning first-round knockout.<\/p>\n

Silva continued and explained why he is not interested in fighting Belfort again.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy opinion regarding a fight with Vitor, man, what would be more spectacular than the knockout I gave Vitor? Only if we enter the ring and I blow on him and he goes down. Outside of that, nothing cooler could happen. Forget about it, man. People have to forget about it. It\u2019s over.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Anderson Silva (34-11 MMA, 2-1 Boxing) most recently competed this past June where he scored a stunning upset over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.<\/p>\n

As for Tito Ortiz, ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy<\/a>‘ last competed in combat sports in December of 2019, where he scored a submission victory over Alberto El Patron in a MMA bout.<\/p>\n

Would you like to see a Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva rematch in boxing as suggested by MMA legend Anderson Silva? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight’s ‘Triller: Legends 2’ event in Florida. Belfort (26-14 MMA, 1-0 Boxing) is set to headline the fight card opposite former four-time world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. Meanwhile, Anderson Silva is set to square off with fellow former UFC champion Tito Ortiz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":375312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10098,10107,10208],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAnderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for 'The Phenom' | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight's 'Triller: Legends 2' event in Florida.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for 'The Phenom' | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight's 'Triller: Legends 2' event in Florida.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-11T23:34:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-04T20:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anderson-Silva-Vitor-Belfort.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff\"},\"headline\":\"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for ‘The Phenom’\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-11T23:34:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-04T20:15:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/\"},\"wordCount\":326,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Anderson Silva\",\"Boxing News\",\"Vitor Belfort\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/\",\"name\":\"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for 'The Phenom' | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-11T23:34:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-04T20:15:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight's 'Triller: Legends 2' event in Florida.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boxing News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for ‘The Phenom’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA & UFC News, Results & Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff\",\"name\":\"Chris Taylor\",\"description\":\"Manager of former two-division UFC champion BJ Penn and his website bjpenn.com. Follow me on Twitter - @CTaylor_96\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ctaylor_96\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/chris-taylor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for 'The Phenom' | BJPenn.com","description":"Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight's 'Triller: Legends 2' event in Florida.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for 'The Phenom' | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight's 'Triller: Legends 2' event in Florida.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2021-09-11T23:34:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-04T20:15:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anderson-Silva-Vitor-Belfort.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chris Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris Taylor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff"},"headline":"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for ‘The Phenom’","datePublished":"2021-09-11T23:34:23+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-04T20:15:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/"},"wordCount":326,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Anderson Silva","Boxing News","Vitor Belfort"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/","name":"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for 'The Phenom' | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-09-11T23:34:23+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-04T20:15:43+00:00","description":"Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort will both be competing at tonight's 'Triller: Legends 2' event in Florida.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/anderson-silva-not-interested-in-vitor-belfort-rematch-suggests-a-different-opponent-for-the-phenom\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boxing News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Anderson Silva not interested in Vitor Belfort rematch, suggests a different opponent for ‘The Phenom’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA & UFC News, Results & Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff","name":"Chris Taylor","description":"Manager of former two-division UFC champion BJ Penn and his website bjpenn.com. Follow me on Twitter - @CTaylor_96","sameAs":["http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ctaylor_96\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/chris-taylor\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}