After 20 years, Vitor Belfort still believes he is evolving as a fighter. And he sought out to show that Saturday night.
The UFC legend said he wanted to go the distance in his fight with Nate Marquardt at UFC 212 in Rio de Janeiro. That was part of the game plan, Belfort said. It worked. “The Phenom” captured a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) victory to snap a three-fight losing streak.
“We are reinventing Vitor Belfort again,” Belfort said at the post-fight press conference. “So, we are changing a lot of things in the game, a lot of things I was doing wrong.