{"id":9785,"date":"2011-04-26T11:19:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T15:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9785"},"modified":"2011-04-26T11:19:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T15:19:57","slug":"vitor-belfort-vs-yoshihiro-akiyama-ufc-133-major-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9785","title":{"rendered":"Vitor Belfort Vs Yoshihiro Akiyama: UFC 133 Major Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9785\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9786\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"vitor_belfort header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vitor_belfort-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>By Sean Farrell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UFC president Dana White revealed to ESPN UK that a middleweight matchup between Vitor Belfort and Yoshihiro Akiyama has been scheduled for UFC 133 later this summer. This fight is expected to be the human form of Rock-em-Sock-em Robots as both men have an amazing output and are always in exciting bouts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Verbal agreements are in for a battle between two of the most exciting fighters in the middleweight division,&#8221; said White. &#8220;Coming off three straight Fight of the Night performances, Yoshihiro Akiyama will take on former UFC light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort in Philadelphia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vitor Belfort has established himself as a legend in the sport of MMA and one of the best middleweights in the world over his almost fifteen year career as a professional. Since he exploded onto the scene with a lightning knockout of fellow legend Wanderlei Silva at the UFC&#8217;s first and only trip to Brazil back in 1998, &#8220;The Phenom&#8221; has since compiled a record of 19-9 over several different promotions (including Pride and Strikeforce) as well as dealt with numerous tragedy as his sister was kidnapped and killed and he recently lost his grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>After rejoining the UFC and knocking out former middleweight champion Rich Franklin in his first fight back with the promotion, Belfort earned himself a shot at the middleweight crown. Like all other comers to &#8220;The Spider&#8217;s&#8221; throne however, Belfort was turned away in short order, losing via first round knockout due to a front kick to the face when the two met this past February.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese-Korean judoka Yoshihiro Akiyama has proven himself to be one of the most exciting fighters in any sport over his sixteen-fight professional career. &#8220;Sexyama&#8221; as he&#8217;s refered has earned Fight of the Night honors in all three of his UFC performances, each of which was a close and hard-fought contest. Akiyama&#8217;s overall record stands at 13-3, while his UFC record is 1-2. His most recent outing saw him drop a unanimous decision to every middleweight&#8217;s new enemy: Michael Bisping.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 133 is scheduled to go down on August 6th at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sean Farrell UFC president Dana White revealed to ESPN UK that a middleweight matchup between Vitor Belfort and Yoshihiro Akiyama has been scheduled for UFC 133 later this summer. This fight is expected to be the human form of Rock-em-Sock-em Robots as both men have an amazing output and are always in exciting bouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[736,2497],"class_list":["post-9785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-ufc","tag-vitor-belfort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}