The Brazilian Vitor belfort His opponent is already set to return to the UFC, and as he had requested, a victory could put the “Phenomenon”, as he is known, close to a new chance to challenge for the organization's middleweight belt.
Belfort faces the North American Alan belcher at UFC 153, also called UFC Rio 3, on October 13, at the HSBC Arena, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. The statement was made by the Brazilian athlete through his Twitter account.
“Belcher, we’re going to do this fight at UFC Rio on October 13th. Dana White’s decision was made by (Alan) Belcher at UFC Rio, let’s go with everything”, wrote Vitor on the microblog.
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Last Monday night, the North American had already given indications that the duel was being negotiated, when, also via Twitter, he stated that his next big fight would be “way to the south”.
Check out the UFC Rio 3 card below, which will feature the title defense of José Aldo against Erich Koch:
José Aldo vs. Erich Koch – Valid fight for the featherweight belt;
Vitor belfort vs. Alan belcher
Glover Teixeira vs. Quinton Rampage Jackson;
Ron Jason vs. Opponent yet to be defined;
Serginho Moraes vs. Renee Forte;
Cristiano Marcello vs. Pray Madadi.
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