Another interesting rumor today is that after turning down a chance to fight Brandon Vera at UFN 14, Wanderlei Silva's next opponent maybe one time Chute Boxe teammate Thiago Silva. Wrestling Observer today revealed the rumor today on its site. This fight would make for a very interesting battle of styles as both like to stand and bang. Being trained out of the same camp means both of these two have sparred in the past in the legendary Brazilian camp.
The winner of this fight may very well be in line for a title shot after Forrest Griffin and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson fight at UFC 86 in two weeks. Thiago Silva has won four fights in a row in the UFC and remains undefeated at 13-0. Wanderlei is also coming off a very impressive win over Keith Jardine at UFC 84: ill will, were he won by an impressive TKO victory in under a minute.Hopefully we will get confirmation of this fight for UFC 88 in Atlanta or a rumored UFC 89 in England soon. A fight this good who wants to wait too long?
Something a bit interesting that fans might really want to see happen is a rumored fight between Takanori Gomi and Chris Horodecki at Sengoku 4. If you go into MMAweekly.com's rumor section you will see this below,
WORLD VICTORY ROAD: "SENGOKU 4" ON AUGUST 24, 2008-
Takanori Gomi (#2 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Chris Horodecki Lightweight Tournament
Participants:-Duane Ludwig
Rodrigo Damm
Yokota Kazunori
Mitsuoka Eiji
Satoru Kitaoka
This fight would be really big as another IFL star maybe its biggest is Japan bound to fight its greatest Lightweight Champion in Takanori Gomi. Right now Shinya Aoki may be getting all the attention in Dream but Gomi was one of Pride's posterboys and crowd favorites. This could be a legendary fight, too bad I have no clue but youtube on where to watch this. Credit to bloodyelbow.com for the find.
