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UFC Rio Preview: UFC Rio is notable for plenty of reasons: it’s the first show that the UFC has done in Brazil since nearly 13 years ago, when Wanderlei Silva was quickly battered in his famous matchup with fellow Brazilian [+] Anderson Silva – Budweiser Brasil Commercials (Video): “Anderson Silva vs. The Machine” Budweiser Brasil have released 2 commercial ads featuring UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, enjoy! “Anderson Silva vs. The Balloon” [+] UFC 134 RIO: Silva vs. Okami – Extended Preview (Video): The UFC returns to Brazil as Anderson Silva meets Yushin Okami for the UFC Middleweight Championship. Plus, former champs Forrest Griffin and Shogun Rua go at it again. UFC 134 Rio will take place on Saturday, August 27th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Click Here for Discount UFC Tickets [+] Top 10 MMA Comebacks: Kudos to Cheick Kongo for pulling off a ridiculous (and instantaneous) comeback against Pat Barry last night and taking our minds off of Nategate for now. Nate Marquardt is supposedly giving us some pertinent info tomorrow, [+] Don’t Wait Too Long to Make Silva-GSP Happen: Georges St. Pierre would not approve of this column. No, Georges is busy preparing for his fight later this week with Jake Shields, complete with his now-familiar “toughest guy I’ve ever faced” line and his ready [+] MMA Roundup: Jones-Evans, Nick Diaz boxing, UFC Rio: Three types of people must love MMA trash talking above all others: promoters, MMA website owners and writers. The promoters sell tons of tickets for supposed grudge matches, MMA forums overflow with visitors and well…let’s just [+] MMA Roundup: Rampage, Florian, Fedor, Sonnen: We can all be thankful that February has already brought us plenty to talk about after a fairly uneventful January. Not only did we get a great night of fights from UFC 126 last weekend (my [+] Steven Seagal on Teaching Anderson Silva’s Front Kick to the Face (Videos): Steven Seagal talks about how he taught Anderson Silva the front kick to the face that dropped Vitor Belfort at UFC 126. [+] UFC 126: Dana White Post-Fight Interview (Video): UFC President Dana White looks back at UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort and discusses Anderson Silva’s performance. [+] UFC 126: Post-Fight Press Conference (Video): Here’s the UFC 126: Post-Fight Press Conference, enjoy! A total of $300,000 in bonus money was handed out by the UFC. Fight of the Night: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly Knockout of the Night: Anderson Silva Submission of the Night: Jon Jones [+]