The Brazilian Vitor belfort came close to regaining the UFC light heavyweight belt. On Saturday night (21), the fighter from Rio did it right in the first moments of the fight in front of Jon Jones, a fair arm-bar and almost broke the champion's arm. When the fracture seemed to be close, Jones managed to free himself from the blow, however, Belfort revealed that he took the pressure off the key when he heard his opponent's arm snap.
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“I thought it was broken. At the time I heard a click and thought it had broken. I instinctively took the pressure off the coup”, revealed Belfort at the press conference shortly after the event.
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In turn, Jones, who arrived for the interview with a sling on his arm, thanked his rival for his attitude and revealed that the blow was actually in place.
“I thought I was going to break (my arm), but I wasn’t going to hit. There came a time when he had my arm under control and I was able to get out. If he really took the pressure off the blow, I have to thank him for his character. He proved that in addition to being a great fighter he is a great man,” said Jones.
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“In the second round, I thanked God for having managed to escape (the armbar). I worked so hard on my endurance. My arm was hurting, I thought I had to hold on to prove to my masters that, like warriors, I had to hold on”, added the champion.
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I was rooting for you but I think there's no such thing as relieving inside, you had to have held on until it broke, bad luck for him if he preferred not to crash.
If you take the pressure off, you'll have to lose your sponsorships.
Dude, this isn't a cockfight, he did the right thing, he acted like a HUMAN BEING, do you know what that is?
In a ring like this there are rules: you win or lose, when you give a key,
the opponent surrenders if he can't fight or the judge takes the lead and decides if he can and it's not a joke.
He should have ripped off his arm, he didn't…now leave it alone. That talk doesn't happen anymore...just to say that he did well in the fight.
Asshole you.
Did he take the pressure off knowing that the guy is a monster who was going to beat him up A LOT? QUI LIE!!! It's going to be hard for anyone to stop Bones
If Vitor really took the pressure off the coup he should lose all his sponsorships, instinctively!!!
I also found it very strange that he came out with such a well applied key! Vitor needed this victory he faltered, and that's why he will continue with his merit there in the past. more or less!
It was a massacre, and there's no such thing as relief.
Yes, it did ease, if you can read it above, it says that Jones arrived at the interview with a sling on his arm and thanked his rival for his attitude and revealed that the blow was really in place. This doesn't justify the defeat, but if I were Belfort I wouldn't have alleviated the obligation of whoever is wearing the arm lock is to hit it so as not to end up with a broken arm!
A fight is a fight, you don't feel sorry for anyone, the proof is so great that out of pity Vitor lost the fight.
He came in to fight, it's all or nothing, there's no point in relieving his opponent because he's not thinking like that. A fighter in Vitor's category, he can't think like that, there's a lot at stake, Vitor was an amateur if he really relieved...
VITOR BELFORT IS A WEAK, ANDERSON SILVA TAKES THIS GUY THE WAY.
Victor Belfort and his apologies. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… He ALWAYS has an excuse!!!! Playing nice! So, lose the sponsorships!!!
Good morning ! There is no such thing inside the octagon, mercy is for the weak… You have to do your best in there. That's why the little one will always be small and the big one will always be big. Disappointment for Brazil.
Damn, Vitor could have broken it, it was worth the money. He ended up losing, if it were otherwise, his opponent wouldn't act like him. it went badly…. You'll know if it's true.
It had to have broken! Now come with this little talk... the American doesn't feel sorry for Brazilians, he's already erased the machida... you can't feel sorry for him! let it hit before it breaks!
If you yourself took the pressure off the blow, I'm sorry but you were a piece of shit, because a winner who is a winner does just like Jones, he could break his arm but he would show his master that he honors never giving up on a victory no matter how much he thinks he be lost he is a winner
Jon Jones also felt sorry for Vitor, so much so that the elbows were always on the same open eyebrow. Spare me Vitor, in the ring you only stop if your opponent asks for a break, just like you asked when he was going to break your arm.
Vitor proved that he really has the soul and character of a champion, with the attitude he took and everyone really saw that he (Vitor) really relaxed, if you heard the pop congratulations, but you should hold on a little longer. His attitude cost him the belt.
Even so, congratulations Vitor, you3 are and will always be an example to be followed.
AAAAAAAAAAAFE VÉIO THE BELFORT TAS COOM MEMED OF JON JONEES THAT SIIM!
Pow was actually rooting for Victor.
But he was cool, he got more than just second-hand meat shuashuashua!
Now there's no point in crying over spilled milk...
Go cry in bed, it's a warm place, Victor!!!
Missing 18 year old Vitor. If he thought like when he was champion he would have ripped Jon Jones' arm off, but after he only thinks about God, he became an amateur. He gave up and continues as a Legend, living off the past. This was the fight to turn the game around. Today he could have agreed to feel like God, but… I hope he goes back to being the bad guy in the Octagon and leaves his good attitudes out of his mind. Jon Jones had to take care of his arm and hit it, otherwise it would have broken. He lacked professionalism. In short: I'm P... with the defeater! ass: Fan.
Jon Jones 25 x Vitor Belfort 35. THE AGE FACTOR COUNTS.
Jon Jones has no pity for his opponents, his weapon is his elbow, it was like that with all his opponents, including the Brazilians Shogun and Machida, he ended up leaving his mark on Victor too.
And this thing about putting him in an armbar and letting go because he felt pressure is just talk, he raised the victor twice and let go, escaping the hold, and losing his only opportunity in the fight.
He may have had a disadvantage by increasing his weight to fight Jones, but he doesn't have a worthy opponent for Jones,
I was rooting for the winner, of course I'm Brazilian, but Jon Jones' victory was already expected.
And there is no OPPONENT AT JON JONES' LEVEL, you can even put Anderson Silva, moving up a category, because Anderson will move up a category, but he gets badly beaten by JON JONES.
He should have fought with his reason and not with his heart, Jon Jones went for everything or nothing and risked touching his arm, he shouldn't have relaxed the key, no Victor, whoever was rotten may break it.
I had to rip his arm off and take him home as a trophy victor vacilão
It's so true that he took the pressure off JJ's arm that you can see his muscles straining from the beginning of the blow until the end, the truth is that he really couldn't maintain it until the end, it's much more beautiful to admit that! lost play boy!
pow'
This Vitor Belfort must think we are idiots;
The guy with the arm lock on didn't finish because he was embarrassed????
For me that's a lie, it didn't finish because it couldn't. Thanks to Jones who fought with determination and determination and even with an injured arm he went to the end and destroyed this little playboy.
and vítor he is good but not like jon jones as he will be like physio or whoever takes his situation but no one is better than no one. from one moment to the next he will appear to the one who took his seal.
I would have broken! I doubt Jones would let go of that chi-mura if he heard Vitor's arm cracking. That's ma.
I doubt he would ease you and in this sport unfortunately you can't be nice, what a shame, but it was worth it, he fought very well and the guy really is a beast, a wild animal, you knew how he started the fight, so, and There's more, the guy is much younger, I wanted to see him fight with him 10, 15 years ago, but as Vitor said, he's a winner, I just think he shouldn't have relieved himself at all.
It's a shame that it relieves pressure! I believe it really happened, as JJ not only arrived with a sling but also confirmed that he felt his arm pop and that he wasn't going to hit it! Unfortunately, it's sad to see a Brazilian with the opportunity to beat him and become yellow! There are no arguments against facts, Vítor was the Brazilian who came closest to victory and who got the furthest! Remembering, Minotauro received a key and didn't knock, result: broken arm! Every choice comes with a renunciation, and in this case, it was defeat!
bunch of vi#do, little fight bought, I took the pressure off his arm, go, the other one thanks for taking the pressure off my arm, I'm just stupid to believe in these foreign things, go ahead and take it easy
Exactly, you did the right thing, this is a sport… moral champion. Congratulations Victor.
Belfort, did Jones take the pressure off the elbows he gave you? Did it take the pressure off the kick he gave you that almost spilled your dinner? Did it take the pressure off the kimura he placed on your arm? How do you do something like that? Stop being nice man, no one makes it easier for anyone...
Ñ Cristiano... caring about your opponent means being a true champion and Vitor doesn't need to prove that to anyone.
I admire Vitor, he is a very human man and has character to spare.
It wouldn't be right to break your opponent's arm. That's dirty people stuff.
And that he is not.
Congratulations victor!
Dude, there's no such thing as relieving there. Jones didn't ease the armbar on Belfort.
Once we enter the octagon, things are serious. If Jones wouldn't hit anyone who broke his arm, then he's not a good athlete, because if he were, he would hit to avoid getting hurt.
Now Vitor will be talking about this excuse of “ah, I eased the blow”…
You should fit the blow and press it with a click or it won't go all the way...
It was supposed to break his arm in 3 pieces, how could you not have managed to do it and he almost broke your little one of the year.
I was supposed to break this guy's arm, now he's singing victory.
Sorry for a farter, it's a bloated belly! didn't hit the finish! If this is what the Gracies teach, having 'pain from the adversary', the ancient gentle art is lost!
A shame! Another little story by Vitor Berford Roxo! Since he admitted that he gave up the fight, let him lose his sponsorships so he can stop being a big ass and big ass! Loose!!! Cracked ass!!!
took the pressure off, seriously, I had to continue, did Jones ease up on the elbows in his face???
relieved? Seriously, jonnes was relieved when he elbowed you in the face????
Tell me another…lol
I've always been rooting for you, Itor Berford, and I believe that your attitude was right, taking the pressure off, now that he deserved it, oh that was it.
an attitude of disappointment for us Brazilians, fans who love jiujitsu…no bad!
He's a vacillation, his brasso was silver and white. It's war there, no joke.otarioooo
Until now, no one seems to have noticed that J.Jones is many times physically stronger than any other fighter in the category, in addition to being much taller, with more muscle mass…. and a lot more weight+ and put extra weight on there.
This guy is a super heavyweight in the middleweight category, who hasn't made weight in a long time... it's just when he entered the category and how he is now, if you believe he makes weight just look at his physical proportion with other champions in the category .
Now he's proven that it's possible to fight with a fracture, he's broken, he can only fight like that on drugs, and the video makes the fracture clear. in Vietnam you lost your arm but continued to fight because of the opium.
Dude I totally agree with you, how could a guy of that height and body have that weight? Only if his bones were made of aluminum.
The American businessman does everything to have an idol from his country in any sport, it makes a lot of money, Dana White is no fool.
As for Belfort, I thought he went there to do a combined fight with Dana, as he's a great fighter, he almost instinctively put him in an armbar, but when he realized what he was doing, he relaxed the blow thinking about his boss.
I think this is an insult to the sport, a broken arm doesn't kill anyone, if it had been a serious fight that would have happened and the irresponsibility would have been on the part of the person who didn't hit and not the person who applied the blow. But the guy has already done a lot for this former sport, he doesn't have that much time left, he must already be thinking about retirement, we can't condemn him...
You can only be sure that the UFC is run only by money and nothing else.