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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"I don't care. It doesn't change anything in my life my friend. God is my provider and I have a fight and I'm winning. That's the only thing I know, I'm winning. I already told Dana, choose another guy to face Anderson because he's not going to get past through me. That's the bottom line."
-Vitor Belfort talks to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about why the UFC will need different plans for Anderson Silva's next fight when he defeats Michael Bisping at UFC on FX 7 (transcribed by MMAMania.com.
Penick's Analysis: A Belfort win would certainly make things a little less clear for the UFC, though it also might set up a very good option for them. If Belfort beats Bisping, a Silva-Belfort rematch could be huge in Brazil. It might not be everywhere, given the way the first fight went, but that front face kick to Belfort is a big reason Silva has become as big a star as he has in Brazil. Belfort is still a very big name there, so a rematch could legitimately be a stadium-level show in Brazil for the UFC. There are other options at middleweight, but Silva is probably going to be fighting either Vitor Belfort or Michael Bisping in his next Middleweight Title defense.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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