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For years MMA fans around the globe waited for the return of a legendary, anthropomorphized demolition derby known only as "the old Vitor" Belfort. This mythical version of the baby-faced Brazilian fighter, the one who demolished David "Tank" Abbott and made the fearsome Wanderlei Silva look like he was moving in slow motion, was no mere man. He was a symbol, not of a particular style or method, but of an era, of a time when the sport was new and men weren't afraid to rock both a mullet and some fashionably ripped blue jeans.