The Brazilian Vitor belfort He once again gained the chance to fight for the UFC belt. The “Phenomenon” moved up to the light heavyweight division to face the beast Jon Jones at UFC 152, September 22, in Toronto, Canada. And even knowing the great phase the North American was going through and with little time to adapt to the category, Vitor revealed that he would even accept to fight at UFC 151, which would take place on September 1st, but ended up being cancelled.
“When I heard that the show was going to be cancelled, I volunteered,” said Belfort in an interview with the North American website MMAFighting. “I said 'Lorenzo (Fertitta, UFC CEO and majority owner), you know me, if you need me to save the show from fighting Jones… If anyone got hurt, if you need me, just let me know.” , said Belfort.
Also according to the report, Vitor said that he accepted the challenge of moving up a category because he respected Jones' trajectory in the UFC and revealed that he was happy with the chance.
“I have a lot of respect for Jon Jones", he said. “I am very grateful for the opportunity. Going into this fight, I’m the old lion against the new lion, so it’s really cool,” concluded Belfort.
Vitor, who has a record of 21 wins and nine losses, has not fought since January, when he defeated Anthony Johnson by submission at UFC Rio 2. In turn, Jones, who has a professional record of 16 wins and just one loss (by disqualification) will put the light heavyweight belt on the line for the fourth time. In his last fight, the North American dominated the duel against Rashad evans at UFC 145 in April.
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