Vitor Belfort looking to test the chin of Chris Weidman

[BluenoseGreig]

Former UFC light heavyweight champion, Vitor Belfort has seemingly set his sights on becoming the next opponent of fast rising middleweight star, Chris Weidman after the American moved to 9-0 in his professional mixed martial arts career.


Speaking via Tatame Magazine, Belfort said:

“(Chris) Weidman, or the winner of the Cuban vs. (Tim) Boetsch. I’m waiting for my confirmation on the Rio card, see who’s gonna be my opponent. Nobody send me anything yet. I believe I’ll get an answer on that next week. Muñoz has no guard, he’s not a jiu-jitsu fighter. That’s a wrestler vs. wrestler match-up, who got to the top position would win. He was tagged, that’s it. I don’t care what [Weidman's] gonna do. I know what I’m gonna do: Go for the knockout or the submission.”

Belfort broke his hand in training a couple of weeks back, forcing him out of his much anticipated rematch with “The Axe Murderer” next weekend. Silva made it perfectly clear that the fight between the two men is not cancelled, only postponed, but it seems “The Phenom” has other plans to stick his nose in the title picture once again at 185 pounds.

http://www.mmabay.co.uk/2012/07/17/v...chris-weidman/

[AaronP95]

Belfort vs wedman would be a good fight and a big step up the ladder for either fighter

[BluenoseGreig]

It's exactly the kind of fight Weidman needs next...before he gets a title shot.

[Cisco]

[Brunow]

But this sucks cause if Vitor beats him, we're back to drawing board.

[Cisco]

Not really. Losing to Vitor isn't as bad as losing that bad. I don't think it'd knock him too far down. If Vitor loses it does set him back a bit but it wouldn't be so bad and prove Weidman to be for real.

[Mu_Shin]

Have not been a big Belfort fan to be honest. Seems like many fans remember the Phenom, but that was a long time and many pounds of muscle ago. Respect to him for coming back from multiple injuries, but just have not been overly impressed since Anderson Silva demonstrated the ultra-secret Seagal high front kick on Belfort's face...

From what I saw against Munoz, looks to me like Weidman busts Vitor off his feet, overpowers him on the ground, and pounds him into submission. If Chris chose to stand with Belfort, hard to say how that would go as I don't really see Weidman as an elite striker, but the elbow he hit Munoz with was one of the slickest strikes I've seen in a long time, as well as being decidedly effective. Weidman is still growing, still honing his skills, and I'm not sure the same could be said for Belfort. No doubt Vitor is a high level competitor with tons of experience, but the feeling I get from watching Chris Weidman is that he is coming into his own, achieving new levels of competence each time out, and at 9-0, he's on a real roll.

[Tukh]

Yeah I'm not the biggest Vitor fan either, but he's got the best hand speed in the division IMO along with KO power, so he's got a pretty reasonable shot against anyone.

Love his attitude. Nice to see fighters ready to fight whoever is in front of them.

[Brunow]

Have not been a big Belfort fan to be honest. Seems like many fans remember the Phenom, but that was a long time and many pounds of muscle ago. Respect to him for coming back from multiple injuries, but just have not been overly impressed since Anderson Silva demonstrated the ultra-secret Seagal high front kick on Belfort's face...

From what I saw against Munoz, looks to me like Weidman busts Vitor off his feet, overpowers him on the ground, and pounds him into submission. If Chris chose to stand with Belfort, hard to say how that would go as I don't really see Weidman as an elite striker, but the elbow he hit Munoz with was one of the slickest strikes I've seen in a long time, as well as being decidedly effective. Weidman is still growing, still honing his skills, and I'm not sure the same could be said for Belfort. No doubt Vitor is a high level competitor with tons of experience, but the feeling I get from watching Chris Weidman is that he is coming into his own, achieving new levels of competence each time out, and at 9-0, he's on a real roll.

It would be a very interesting fight imo. A fight with Hector would be good to.

[Drock]

Chris Weidman Wins this fight by Decision