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Anderson Silva Targets Rio 2016 Olympics Taekwondo Competition

Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has firmed up his interest in competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics taekwondo competition.

Next year's Olympics take place in Rio de Janeiro, making it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Silva to fight on a stage of this magnitude in his home country.

As reported by O Globo (h/t Nick Zaccardi of NBC Sports), Silva has written a letter to Brazilian Taekwondo Federation president Carlos Fernandes signaling his desire to compete. The pair are also set to meet "later this week," according to Zaccardi.

Ryan McKinnell of Yahoo translated a message from Silva on CBTKD's Facebook page:

Everybody knows that for a high-performance athlete, the Olympic games is the dream of every athlete, and it wouldn't be different with me.