{"id":67075,"date":"2013-08-21T10:07:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=67075"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:52:57","slug":"anderson-silva-shuts-down-potential-vitor-belfort-rematch-from-ever-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-shuts-down-potential-vitor-belfort-rematch-from-ever-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva Shuts Down Potential Vitor Belfort Rematch From Ever Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/anderson-silva2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47038\" title=\"anderson-silva2\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/anderson-silva2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFormer UFC middleweight champion, Anderson &#8216;The Spider&#8217; Silva has long been the target of many middleweight fighters.<\/p>\n<p>None so much so as top contender Vitor Belfort, who often takes to social media and interviews to proclaim he desire for a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>The two originally squared off for the UFC&#8217;s middleweight title at UFC 126 back in 2011 and Anderson Silva was able to put his fellow Brazilian away in the very first round with a brutal front kick to the face that sent Belfort down to the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Since the loss Belfort has gone undefeated at middleweight but for Silva that&#8217;s not enough to convince him that a rematch is the right step to make.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think so,&#8221;<\/em> Silva told <a href=\"http:\/\/sportv.globo.com\/site\/combate\/noticia\/2013\/08\/apos-turbilhao-de-criticas-anderson-desabafa-querem-derrubar-os-idolos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Combate<\/a> about the possibility of fighting Belfort again. <em>&#8220;What was supposed to be done was done. 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