A few weeks back Fight Burger speculated that mixed martial arts superstar Wanderlei Silva would be returning to the octagon after facial surgery in February 2010 to coincide with the UFC’s first trip down under to Australia.

We were the first to put forwarder the rumour that a potential matchup between Wanderlei Silva and Yoshihiro Akiyama could be happening as the main event of the UFC Australia card which is still unofficially slated at this point for February.

Now it seems that Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama will be going ahead as Akiyama has spoken with MMA journalist Tony Loiseieur and confirmed he will be the next opponent for The Axe Murder.
Akiyama stopped short of saying if the bout will take place at UFC 110 which is unofficially set for Las Vegas in early February or at UFC 111 which is also unofficially intended for late February at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Other names that have been rumoured for the UFC Australia card are Frank Trigg, Matter Serra and local fighters such as UFC veteran Elvis Sinosic, UFC Light Heavyweight prospect Jamie Tahuna and Bellator Middleweight Champion and Cuban turned Aussie Hector Lombard.

Stick to fightburger.com for developments.