To win again, Belfort says he became an 'ogre': “I changed my mentality”

Belfort will face K. Gastelum at UFC Fortaleza, March 11th. (Photo: Getty Images)

the phase of Vitor belfort in the octagon he is not the best. Coming from two knockouts suffered in a row, for Ronaldo Jacare, in May, and Gegard Mousasi, in October, the Brazilian seeks to return to the path of victories against Kelvin Gastelum, in the main fight of UFC Fortaleza, on March 11th. To achieve his objective, he guarantees to have the recipe ready: becoming an 'ogre', thus recovering the spirit of competition.

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“I recovered like hell. I'm really pissed off, even swearing, taking snot, spitting... I've become an ogre again. I went back to my jungle. I changed my mindset. Something that wakes up inside you. We have to wake up our giant. How many of us don't stay asleep? And sometimes it clicks and you say: “I'm not going to be like this anymore, I'm not going to let this happen anymore”. Regardless of the outcome, which you have no control over, you have to have a competitive spirit. It has resurfaced, it’s a fire, I have to feed it every day, I can’t let it go out”, he assured, at a “Media Day” held on Tuesday (18), in the capital of Ceará.

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For the Phenomenon, who is celebrating 20 years of career, the recent setbacks were the result of a combination of psychological, technical and physical problems, but he made a point of not taking away the merits of his opponents. “It was everything, it brought together a little bit of everything. And we can't take away the merit of Mousasi hitting me with a kick like that, Jacaré… Nowadays nobody wants to fight them. This is ridiculous”, declared Belfort, who concluded by stating that the strategy to beat Gastelum is just one: 'getting punches'.

“I don’t want to know his (strategy) (laughs). It’s going to be a beating, it’s going to be a beating”, she concluded.

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UFC Fortaleza will feature a clash between middleweights Vitor belfort e Kelvin Gastelum in the main attraction of the night. In the second most important fight of the night, the light heavyweight Mauritius Shogun returns to the octagon against Gian Villante. Lightweight clashes Edson Barboza x Beneil Dariush and Michel Tratos x Josh Burkman, as well as names like Bethe Correia and Paulo Borrachona, are also confirmed.