The UFC is pretty good at listening to its fans when it comes to matchmaking. With the bad news of the Chael Sonnen positive drug test, the promotion needed to do something that would satisfy pay-per-view buyers of the next Anderson Silva fight. Dana White made a bold move by pulling Vitor Belfort from UFC 122 and giving him the next match against the UFC's middleweight champ.
Belfort (19-8, 8-4 UFC) is 0-0 in the UFC's middleweight division. By the time the fight arrives, he'll have just one fight under his belt over the last two years.
Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole finds that troubling and is worried that Belfort may not even be able to make the 185-pound limit.
He has a point. Is there one single fighter in the UFC who could debut in a new weight class and get a title shot? There was probably only one outside promotion who could've gotten a debut title shot. That was Fedor Emelianenko had his win streak remained intact and had he left Strikeforce.
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