Belfort on similar knockouts: 'Who said lightning doesn't strike the same place twice?'

Vitor recognizes similarities in the knockouts suffered. Photo: Montagem SL MMA Press

Vitor belfort ended his career with an incredible coincidence. In his last fight as a professional, the 'Phenomenon' was knocked out by Lyoto Machida with a front stomp that leaked his guard. Interestingly, the same blow marked the setback suffered against another Brazilian: at UFC 126, in February 2011, Anderson Silva knocked out Vitor in the same way.

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The similarity of the blows is so great that even Belfort recognized it. On Sunday afternoon (13), the fighter posted a video on Instagram of the two blows and wrote: “Who said lightning doesn't hit the same place twice? All my respect to Lyoto Machida”, he posted.

Who said lightning doesn't hit the same place twice...🤔 All my respect to @lyotomachidafw. Who said a lightning doesn't strike at the same place twice…🤔 All my respect to @lyotomachidafw .

A publication shared by Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (@vitorbelfort) on May 13, 2018 at 11:13 am PDT

Belfort's career

Vitor belfort he hung up his gloves last Saturday (12) after being knocked out in his 41st fight as a professional. The Brazilian had 26 wins, 14 losses and one fight without result (No Contest).

Among his main achievements are the UFC heavyweight GP, in 1997, at the age of 19; the UFC light heavyweight belt (up to 93,1 kg.) in 2004 and the Cage Rage middleweight title in 2007.