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Vitor Belfort: 'I think I'm getting younger'

Nineteen year MMA veteran Vitor Belfort feels his MMA craft is as sharp as ever heading into his championship showdown with Chris Weidman at UFC 187.

Is Vitor Belfort the true Benjamin Button of mixed martial arts? It's been 18 years since 'The Phenom' burst onto the scene and blitzed his way through UFC 12's heavyweight tournament to crown himself as the 200lb+ kingpin, and 11 years since seizing light-heavyweight gold at UFC 46 in 2004. Perhaps Vitor's most iconic UFC outing was when he bombarded Chute Box legend Wanderlei Silva with a series of blistering punches in the first round at UFC's debut in Brazil.