{"id":3284,"date":"2009-09-26T16:14:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T20:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2009-09-26T16:14:40","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T20:14:40","slug":"ufc-news-anderson-silvas-next-title-fight-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/09\/26\/ufc-news-anderson-silvas-next-title-fight-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC News: Anderson Silva&#8217;s Next Title Fight Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a taped segment this summer, UFC President Dana White teased Vitor Belfort as a strong candidate for Anderson Silva&#8217;s Middleweight Championship even though Belfort was not under contract with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, when UFC was able to acquire the talented fighter, it did not rush the Belfort vs. Silva fight, instead putting &#8220;The Phenom&#8221; in the Octagon with Rich Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a dominant TKO victory over Franklin, Belfort appears in line to finally get his Middleweight title shot.  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