Wanderlei Silva has confirmed he will fight Yoshihiro Akiyama in Sydney, Australia, on February 21st.
The Brazilian legend confirmed the fight in a recent video blog.
“Finally I have the date for my next fight. I am going to fight on 21st of February in Sydney Australia. I am so happy because this is the first event there and my boss has chosen to put me there, it is a great honour for me because it is the main event,” he says in the video.
“I was the main event in Cologn, Germany, the first event there and now I am going to fight in the first in Australia. I am going to give a great fight for the guys in this new place that have never had UFC before.”
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