Recently on HDNet's "Inside MMA", Anderson Silva's manager Ed Soares discussed the possibility of Anderson Silva fighting heavyweights such as Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin, or Frank Mir. Soares states that Silva "wants to be in the biggest fights possible, where it's GSP, whether it'd be at light heavyweight, or whether it'd even be at heavyweight". A move to Heavyweight for Silva is not unthinkable. At 6"2', Silva would likely be able to put on enough weight to make the division. Silva fought two boughts at Light Heavyweight not so long ago, with convincing wins over James Irvin and former Light Heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin.

Simply put, Silva wants to be involved in the big pay-per-views that the fans want to watch.

According to www.5thround.com, it appears as though Anderson Silva will be making his long awaited return for UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, against Vitor "the Phenom" Belfort. Silva has been recovering from elbow surgery back in October, and has recently started training lightly.

This will be the first UFC event in Abu Dhabi.

Here are the fighters rumored to be participating in the night’s show:

BJ Penn (UFC Lightweight Champion) vs. TBA
Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie

Great news. Fuel TV will be airing a live broadcast of the highly anticipated Silva versus Irvin bout on Sunday the 20th July at 11am EST. Courtesy of the UFC, this is a first for Australian cable/sattelite TV, and is a great opportunity to increase exposure of Mixed Martial Arts in Australia for those of you who have not yet watched the Pay Per Views.

The fight card is as below:

Silva vs Irvin
Brandon Vera vs Reese Andy
Hermes Franka vs Frank Edgar
Cain Velasquez Vs. Jake O'Brien
Anthony Johnson Vs. Kevin Burns
Jesse Taylor Vs. CB Dollaway
Tim Credeur Vs. Cale Yarbrough
Brodie Farber Vs. Rory Markham
Nate Loughran Vs. Johnny Rees
James Giboo Vs. Brad Blackburn
Dale Hartt Vs. Shannon Gugerty

According to MMA Junkie, the dominant UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will make his light heavyweight debut at UFC Fight Night 14 on the 19th of July.

Hermes Franca and Frankie Edgar are also scheduled to fight on the card.

The fight is an interesting move for Silva, who's reach advantage in the middleweight division may not be such a factor against the taller fighters in the stacked Light Heavyweight class. He will also be facing many physically stronger fighters including Chuck Liddel, Quinton Jackson, Wanderlei Silva and Forrest Griffin to name a few.