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UFC Announces "Superfight" For March
Story reported by Brian Cantor of Headline Planet
Tuesday, November 20 2007
PRIDE Champion to fight UFC Champion on upcoming pay-per-view

UFC officially announced that UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva will fight PRIDE Welterweight Champion (same weight class as UFC's Middleweight division) Dan Henderson in a March "superfight."

Henderson, who was also PRIDE's 205-pound champion, most recently competed in a Light Heavyweight title unification bout against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. He lost via decision and hopes to reverse his fortune by fighting UFC's top dog in the lighter weight class.

Anderson won the title last year by dominating Rich Franklin. Since that victory, he has added three convincing victories to his record, including a recent win in a rematch with Franklin.

The fight is tentatively scheduled for March 1.

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