It didn’t take long after the judges announced Chris Weidman had retained his belt for Vitor Belfort to call out the champion.
Following his unanimous decision win over Lyoto Machida, Weidman was the target of a Belfort Twitter call out for a title shot. If you remember, Belfort was supposed to be in the UFC 175 main event opposite Weidman, but he was flagged for high testosterone levels in a pre-fight screening and subsequently removed from the main event.
Belfort, who has challenged for the title in the past, has been on a tear as of late and has been disposing of fighters left and right. He is riding a three-fight win streak over the likes of Luke Rockhold, Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson. All of those wins are via knockout.
While Belfort‘s stake at a title shot is somewhat justifiable, his performance enhancement issues will always hold him back. It will be tough for him to get licensed, especially in Las Vegas where the UFC does a good portion of its pay-per-views.
Now that TRT has been outlawed in many places, Belfort cannot use the controversial treatments in his fights. He will have to fly alone without it, which we haven’t seen him do in a while.
However, Belfort is marketable. He is a former UFC champion and multiple-time headliner with great notoriety in the MMA community. He also puts on exciting, violent shows, something fans love to see.
So, what will happen? Will Belfort‘s call out lead to a title shot, or will his past demons come back to haunt him, holding him out of the big fight?
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