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Video: Belfort sparring with GLORY contender Filip Verlinden

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].