The timing of Vitor Belfort’s UFC 152 title shot hardly could’ve been more thematic.
“I was at the house, relaxing, enjoying myself with my friends last night around 12 midnight,” he today told MMAjunkie.com. “I was reading my Bible, Proverbs 1:33. It’s [saying] we should not fear anything. Then my cousin that works with me came up to me and said, ‘Hey, bro, we just got your contract to fight Jon Jones in Canada.'”
Belfort told him to take his joke elsewhere. He thought Lyoto Machida would fight Jon Jones at UFC 152. Only, Machida wasn’t.