BJJ Fighter
08-12-2003, 09:22
According to sources within Wanderlei Silva’s management team, plans are in the works for a weeklong promotional trip to both Los Angeles and Las Vegas scheduled for the 4th week of January. The trip will culminate with a visit to UFC 46: Super Natural to view the battle between Randy Couture and Vitor Belfort. As the top 205-pounder in the world, Wanderlei Silva has a vested interest in the outcome of the Belfort vs. Couture match up, especially amid rumors of some sort of yearly unification between the UFC and Pride FC promotions. UFC President, Dana White has voiced his desire to see an annual “Super Bowl” of MMA showdown between the greatest fighters from the world’s top promotions. Whether or not such a goal is realized will depend upon increased cooperation between the two major promotions, including, but not limited to fighter exchanges such as Chuck Liddell and Ricco Rodriguez’ 2003 appearances in Pride FC and Kazushi Sakuraba and Kazayuki Fujita’s scheduled 2004 appearances in the UFC.