On Saturday night, Chris Weidman stepped in the cage looking to defend his middleweight title against the former light heavyweight champion, Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida.
After an intense, back-and-forth battle, which won Fight of the Night, Weidman was declared the winner by unanimous decision (49-45, 48-47, 49-46).
At the post-fight press conference, Dana White was asked about Weidman‘s next possible fight, and the name that White gave was another former light heavyweight champion, Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort.
Belfort is on a three-fight win streak, having won all three fights by knockout with head kicks. Belfort is definitely deserving of a title shot, so let’s take a look at an early head-to-toe breakdown of the possible title fight.