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Big middleweight bout verbally agreed to for UFC 153

Submitted by Fred Richani on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 00:46

185lb contenders battle in Brazil.

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According to MMAJunkie.com, the potential middleweight title eliminator bout of Alan Belcher (18-6) vs. Vitor Belfort (21-9) has been verbally agreed to. 

The fight is set to take place at the UFC 153 pay-per-view on October 13 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's HSBC Arena. 

Belcher has been calling out Belfort on Twitter and it looks like he's got his wish.

UFC 153 also features the featherweight championship headliner of Jose' Aldo vs. Erik Koch and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's last contracted UFC fight against the highly-regarded Glover Teixeira.

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