V. Belfort (photo) is no longer part of the Blackzilians team. Photo: Getty Images
When you step into the octagon set up at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium, in São Paulo (SP), next Saturday (07), Vitor belfort will be fighting for the first time in recent years without representing the Blackzilians academy flag. For the fight against Dan Henderson, Vitor is now fully at his own academy, OTB, and his wife and manager Joana Prado explained the reason for the “Fenômeno” leaving the old team, which she guarantees was amicable.
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“No, we don't have any problems with the Blackzilians. We like everyone there and we've always had a great, honest relationship with Glenn (Robinson, owner of the gym). Vitor had a great time with Blackzilians and is very grateful for everything they did for him, but he has been fighting for 20 years and, even when he was on other teams, we used to hire a special team. Now, in our academy, all eyes are on him”, said Prado, in an interview with the “Sherdog” website.
Furthermore, Joana recalled that Vitor had already divided his training for the title fight against Chris Weidman between Blackzilians and OTB. “In the camp to fight Weidman, Vitor had already been training at both OTB and Blackzilians. It's like I said before: we always used to bring our own team to Vitor's camps. The only difference is that now all the technicians will be there working exclusively with and for Vitor”, he concluded.
On Saturday (07th), Vitor belfort closes the trilogy against the veteran Dan Henderson in the main fight of UFC Sao Paulo. The event, which takes place at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, in the capital of São Paulo, will be the last of 2015 for the largest MMA organization on the planet on Brazilian soil.
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