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Jackson vs. Silva Planned For UFC 130

Posted by Vegas Martin in UFC News on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

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Credit: MMANews.com

UFC 130 continues to take shape with the addition of a light heavyweight contest between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Thiago Silva.

MMAJunkie.com first reported the bout earlier in the week and MMANews.com has since confirmed the possibility of the bout with a member of Thiago Silva’s camp.

Both fighters are coming off wins. Jackson defeated Lyoto Machida via a close split decision in his last bout and Silva just made a mess of Brandon Vera’s face at UFC 125 last week.

The bout joins a return match for the UFC Lightweight title between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard and a heavyweight contest between Frank Mir and Roy Nelson as headliner bouts on the card.