Mousasi provokes Belfort after refusing interim belt: 'Where's the lion?'

V. Belfort (photo) was the target of Mousasi's irony. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

After cutting Chris Weidman of UFC 184, Ultimate President Dana White revealed that he had tried to schedule other opponents to Vitor belfort, between them Gegard Mousasi e Lyoto Machida, in a fight that would be worth the interim middleweight belt. Vitor, however, rejected the duel and stated that he is only fighting for the linear title. The Brazilian's attitude did not please Mousasi, who made a point of provoking Belfort through social media.

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"Vitor belfort criticized Lyoto Machida for not fighting Jon Jones at the last minute (in 2012, after cutting Dan Henderson of UFC 151, which ended up cancelled), but he won't fight us at the last minute. Where is the lion?”, wrote the Armenian-Dutch on his official profile on Twitter.

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At 29, Gegard Mousasi has a professional record of 36 wins, five losses and two draws. Former champion of DREAM and Strikeforce events, Mousasi is coming off a victory over Dan Henderson at UFC Sweden, on January 24th. Already Vitor belfort, 37 years old, has a record of 24 wins and ten losses. Number one challenger for the middleweight belt, Vitor has not fought since November 2013, when he won Dan Henderson in Goiânia and qualified to compete for the title.