BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil” middleweight
finalist Cezar Ferreira was both blessed and cursed
by the presence of his longtime trainer, Vitor Belfort, as a coach on
the first international edition of the series.
“Mutante” says the encouragement and understanding was a positive, but
he also faced much doubt from his fellow fighters and even rival
coaches.
So when Belfort was forced to
withdraw from Saturday’s fight card, did it present even further
problems for one of his top training partners? Hardly, says Ferreira. If
anything, he might be better because of it.