Belfort (left) and Gastelum (right) will face off in March 2017. (Photo: Produção SUPER LUTAS (Disclosure/UFC)
Vitor belfort He already has a date to return to the octagon. The Brazilian will face the North American Kelvin Gastelum in the main fight of UFC Fortaleza, on March 11, 2017, in a duel valid for the middleweight division (up to 84kg.) This is the first fight confirmed for the card. The information is from the website 'Combate.com'.
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At 39 years old, the “Phenomenon” is going through one of the worst phases of his career, and has lost three of the last four fights he has had. In 2016, he was knocked out by Ronaldo Jacare at UFC 198, in May, and for Gegard Mousasi at UFC 204 in October. Vitor was already the UFC light heavyweight champion, a title he won in the distant year of 2014, when he overcame Randy Couture. His last victory in the organization was against former fighter Dan Hendersonin November 2015.
14 years younger, Gastelum, 25, is coming off two consecutive victories, only the last one at middleweight. He defeated John hendricks at UFC 200, in July, and knocked out Tim Kennedy at UFC 206, last Saturday (10). TUF 17 champion, Kelvin has eight positive results and two negative results in the company. Interestingly, the fighter himself made himself available to face Vitor in Brazil, right after his most recent victory.
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