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Michael Bisping Blasts Vitor Belfort For Wanting To Fight CM Punk

After being finished by Kevin Gastelum in the first round at UFC Fight Night 106, Vitor Belfort announced his intention to retire from MMA. The MMA legend wants to complete his UFC contract, which has one fight left on it. Belfort stated that he has an opponent in mind for his final fight but it’s

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After being finished by Kevin Gastelum in the first round at UFC Fight Night 106, Vitor Belfort announced his intention to retire from MMA. The MMA legend wants to complete his UFC contract, which has one fight left on it. Belfort stated that he has an opponent in mind for his final fight but it’s an odd one as he wants the opportunity to retire in front of his hometown crowd when the UFC heads to Rio de Janeiro in June for UFC 212 and he wants to fight former WWE Superstar CM Punk, who has one MMA bout under his belt. Punk was destroyed by Mickey Gall at UFC 203 last September, and it’s unknown whether he will get another fight in the UFC.

While the chances of the UFC booking the fight are slim and probably impossible to get sanction from a state athletic commission, the idea that Belfort would fight Punk in his final bout appears to have a struck a nerve with current UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. The champ recently went off on Belfort for wanting this fight during a recent episode of his podcast Believe You Me.

“This is a sign of the p**sy that Vitor Belfort is. This is the sign of a p**sy that takes f**king steroids his entire career. If you take steroids, you are a f**king p**sy because you’re so mentally weak that you feel that you can’t go out there and fight these people on a level playing field because you’re gonna get your ass kicked. So you worry, and you look, and you look for shortcuts, and you look how you can cheat, and you think, ‘Oh I’m gonna take these steroids and they’re gonna build my muscle and make me recover better’ and all this type of stuff.

“And they do give you advantages. They give you physical and psychological advantages. But if you need those advantages then you are a coward, you’re a f**king p**sy, and you are a cheat, and the very fact that somebody would take steroids their entire career, then get their ass kicked, then call out CM Punk, I’m not surprised motherf**kers. It’s a simple as that and that just speaks volumes to the character and the level of a man that Vitor Belfort is. I wouldn’t f**king p*** on him if he was on fire.”

Bisping said he didn’t intend to go off on Belfort due to him doing so many times in the past but when his co-host brought up the topic, it couldn’t help himself and had to speak his mind.

“If you put me in this environment and you tell me that former light heavyweight champion – former heavyweight champion – middleweight contender, longtime steroid abuser, cheat, fraud, wants to fight a one and fighter in the UFC that lost in the worst way possible, who is a 170 [pound] guy that’s never really done any kind of MMA training, you tell me that’s who Vitor wants to fight, of course you’re gonna get a strong reaction.”

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Michael Bisping Tears into ‘Coward’ Vitor Belfort For Wanting CM Punk in Final Fight

When Vitor Belfort named CM Punk as his opponent of choice for his last UFC fight, Michael Bisping was not impressed. With just one fight remaining on his UFC contract, Belfort will look to end his career in front of a hometown crowd. Looking like the chips may fall in the right place for Belfort, UFC […]

When Vitor Belfort named CM Punk as his opponent of choice for his last UFC fight, Michael Bisping was not impressed. With just one fight remaining on his UFC contract, Belfort will look to end his career in front of a hometown crowd. Looking like the chips may fall in the right place for Belfort, UFC […]

Vitor Belfort Suggests “CM Punk” For Retirement Fight

CM Punk seems to be the walking punch line of the UFC (well, besides the GSP vs. Michael Bisping fight), so it seems completely appropriate that former light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort would use his as the butt of his.

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“Just for the laughs”

CM Punk seems to be the walking punch line of the UFC (well, besides the GSP vs. Michael Bisping fight), so it seems completely appropriate that former light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort would use him as the butt of his.

As we all know, Vitor came off of a less than stellar performance Saturday night, losing via 1st round TKO against middleweight newcomer Kelvin Gastelum. Although Vitor had some early success, Kelvin’s crisp boxing skills and constant pressure proved too much for the Pride veteran. In a recent interview with Flocombat, Vitor announced that he was tired of facing the murders row of UFC opponents and wanted a much “smoother fight.”

“It would have to be an interesting fighter, but not a top fighter”, Belfort said. “I’ve been fighting good guys before: Dan Henderson, [Chris] Weidman, Dan Henderson, ‘Jacaré’ [Souza], [Gegard] Mousasi and now Kelvin [Gastelum]. These are all hard fights, so if you can book a smoother fight… What’s the name of that guy from WWE? CM Punk would be a good fight”, Belfort laughed. ”CM Punk, let’s get it on. That would be a really good fight.

Yep, you read right. Vitor Belfort wants “CM Punk” for his swan song at UFC 212. While he was obviously just joking (I think…) we thought it would be fun to throw in our opinion on how the fight might play out. In fact, we found a video we feel accurately displays our thoughts and sentiments.

You get the picture. But in all seriousness, Vitor is aiming to end his highlight reel career on June 3 rd in Rio De Janeiro Brazil, and at 205 lbs to boot. Who should he fight next?

 

Lionel Harris-Spence is a writer, filmmaker, and functioning alcoholic. You can catch him screaming obscenities at flat screens on fight night.

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CM Punk Gets Called Out By Former UFC Champ

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort is ready to make his 205-pound return, and he wants to do it against former WWE Superstar CM Punk. Punk made his mixed martial arts (MMA) debut back in September against highly-touted welterweight prospect Mickey Gall. Gall submitted the former professional wrestling star in just two minutes via

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort is ready to make his 205-pound return, and he wants to do it against former WWE Superstar CM Punk.

Punk made his mixed martial arts (MMA) debut back in September against highly-touted welterweight prospect Mickey Gall. Gall submitted the former professional wrestling star in just two minutes via rear-naked choke, but Punk remains adamant that he wishes to continue his journey in the grueling sport.

Belfort has had a tough stretch as of late, dropping his last three fights via knockout, with his last win coming in November of 2015 when he knocked out Dan Henderson in the first round. Belfort’s most recent Octagon appearance saw him finished rather easily by both welterweight and middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum in the first round of their match-up last week (March 11, 2017).

Recently speaking with AG Fight (translation via Bloody Elbow) Belfort revealed that he’d like to return to 205 pounds for an easier fight, as he’s been competing against some of the sport’s most elite as of late. He targeted Punk as a prime candidate for his retirement bout:

“I’m going to talk to them (UFC), but I want this fight at 205 pounds. I would love to do this fight in this class,” Belfort said.

“It would have to be an interesting fighter, but not a top fighter. I’ve been fighting good guys before: Dan Henderson, [Chris] Weidman, Dan Henderson, ‘Jacare’ [Souza], [Gegard] Mousasi and now Kelvin [Gastelum],” he continued. “These are all hard fights, so if you can book a smoother fight… What’s the name of that guy from WWE? CM Punk would be a good fight. CM Punk, let’s get it on. That would be a really good fight.”

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Michael Bisping Talks Vitor Belfort’s ‘Steroid Past’ and ‘Before and After’ Physique

Michael Bisping does not hold back when discussing Vitor Belfort’s career, which the UFC middleweight world champion feels was influenced heavily by performance enhancing drugs. Vitor Belfort succumbed to a first-round knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum last weekend and looked every day of his 39 years of age. With a record of 1-4 in his […]

Michael Bisping does not hold back when discussing Vitor Belfort’s career, which the UFC middleweight world champion feels was influenced heavily by performance enhancing drugs. Vitor Belfort succumbed to a first-round knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum last weekend and looked every day of his 39 years of age. With a record of 1-4 in his […]

Fallout: After Another Loss, Vitor Belfort Should Fight Anderson Silva For His Swan Song

So I’d be lying if I said “I didn’t see Kelvin Gastelum beating Vitor Belfort like that.” It would be an egregious lie. Yet still, it was pretty rough to watch Vitor go out like that. The days where TRT Vitor, the greatest fighter of all time, annihilate his opponents with vicious combo strings is over. In his place we have a Vitor Belfort who just isn’t quite what he used to be. He’s a shell of his former self and that’s no lie. At 39 years of age and with a ton of mileage on him, Vitor Belfort should be thinking on his exit strategy. With one more fight on his contract, I could think of only one opponent that would be appropriate.

Anderson Silva.

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So I’d be lying if I said “I didn’t see Kelvin Gastelum beating Vitor Belfort like that.” It would be an egregious lie. Yet still, it was pretty rough to watch Vitor go out like that. The days where TRT Vitor, the greatest fighter of all time, annihilate his opponents with vicious combo strings is over. In his place we have a Vitor Belfort who just isn’t quite what he used to be. He’s a shell of his former self and that’s no lie. At 39 years of age and with a ton of mileage on him, Vitor Belfort should be thinking on his exit strategy. With one more fight on his contract, I could think of only one opponent that would be appropriate.

Anderson Silva.

While Vitor Belfort may have seen brighter days, the same could be said for former middleweight God Anderson Silva. Gone are the days where Silva simply shrugged off opposition, knocking them out with general ease. Now we see a Silva who struggles against opposition that he would have surely overcome in his heyday. That’s no disrespect to his past several opponents, but Silva has clearly been off his game since being slept by Chris Weidman.

Now, Kelvin Gastelum called out Silva, and since the UFC likes to pair winners with winners, he’s most likely to get the fight over Belfort. But from a purely nostalgic sense, a battle between the two Brazilians could be a great send off for either fighter. Silva talks about fighting for an extended period but what better way to call it a career fighting one of the most popular Brazilian fighters of all time in Vitor Belfort? For ‘The Phenom’ having a chance to close the book on his career against the greatest to have ever done it is not only a chance at revenge, but a match up that has a tremendous amount of meaning for both fighters as well as their Brazilian fans. Making that fight happen in Rio would generate numbers and great deal of interest.

More than likely we’ll see Vitor battle it out with a lower tiered middleweight for his potential final showdown. Until then, let’s embrace the speculation and sate our appetite with a battle of legends, past their prime, but still thoroughly entertaining nonetheless.

Jonathan Salmon is a writer, martial arts instructor, and geek culture enthusiast. Check out his Twitter and Facebook to keep up with his antics.

 

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