MMA Junkie with the story on the already once postponed fight:
The highly anticipated UFC middleweight title fight between current champ Anderson Silva and explosive challenger Vitor Belfort is now targeted for UFC 109.
The UFC had originally hoped to feature the contest at UFC 108, but Silva’s recovery process from elbow surgery forced a delay in the schedule.
Belfort first released news of the new date to the Portugese-language Terra magazine’s “Mano a Mano” blog, and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has since confirmed with sources close to the bout that verbal agreements are in place. Bout agreements have yet to be signed.
The bout is also contingent upon Silva’s recovery process.
Most of the time verbal agreements are enough to make me pretty confident that a fight will take place but with Anderson Silva’s issues lately and the last line reminding us that it all hinges on his elbow it’s hard to call this fight a lock for 109.
Then again, with Marquardt/Sonnen looking like it is going to happen and Dan Henderson out of the mix for the time being, Anderson is going to have to take a fight with somebody at some point. Let’s hope his elbow allows it to happen.