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Wanderlei Silva Speaks On Fighting Yoshihiro Akiyama & Bisping Rematch

Posted by Vegas Martin in UFC News on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

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Wanderlei Silva spoke about his next fight with MMA Weekly. Here is what Silva had to say:

I know I’m going to fight soon. I’m going to have a great surprise for my fans what date I’m going to fight. I’m so close to signing my next fight, we’ll talk about things a little bit more, and I think I’m going to be fighting soon.

It’s a great match because [Akiyama's] an incredible fighter. He’s got an Olympic gold medal. He’s had great performances in Dream in Japan, (he’s) very famous there. I think it’s a great opportunity, one more really tough opponent, and I’m going to prove in the future it’s possible I can be with the best fighters in 185.

The next is (Akiyama) and he is number one, and the number two is Bisping because I’m going to give a rematch to him.