This coming weekend Vitor Belfort will challenge Chris Weidman for the UFC World Middleweight Championship in the main event of UFC 187. The former light-heavyweight champion is based at The Blackzilians training center in Florida and his training camp has benefited from the presence of GLORY’s Filip Verlinden, a top-ranked middleweight in the kickboxing premier league.
"Today I was training with Filip Verlinden, he is a GLORY [contender]. The guy is an animal," he says. "I could not be training with better people. Filip sets the bar very high, he is a world champion.
"I'm very satisfied with the training I've been doing with Henry [Hooft, striking coach at The Blackzilians].