Vitor Belfort

Vítor Vieira Belfort
Vitor Belfort (2008)
Data
Fight name	Phenom
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
nationality	Brazil
Date of birth	April 1, 1977
Fight out	Rio de Janeiro
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro
team	Blackzilians / Jaco Hybrid
Fighting style	Boxing , Karate & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
MMA statistics
Victories	26th
Knockout	18th
task	3
Points	5
Defeats	14th
Knockout	7th
task	2
Points	5
draw	1

Vítor Vieira Belfort (born April 1, 1977 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian MMA fighter who competes in Japan and the United States . He is a former light heavyweight champion of the MMA league UFC . His nickname is Phenom ( Eng. "The Phenomenon"). Belfort wears black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and judo as well as the blue belt in karate .

biography

In 1996, Belfort made his mixed martial arts debut and won his first fight in just twelve seconds. His coach at the time was Carlson Gracie. In 2004 he won the UFC light heavyweight title before moving to middleweight in 2008.

After a positive doping test, Belfort was suspended for nine months in 2006.

Of his 25 wins (as of June 2016), Belfort was able to get 18 through (T-) KO, 15 of them in the first round.

On April 10, 2010, Belfort should have got another title fight against Anderson Silva in Abu Dhabi , but he was injured during training and was unable to fight for the rest of the year.

The fight finally took place on February 5, 2011, but ended with a spectacular knockout for Silva via front kick .

After two more fights, Belfort received a title fight against Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and was almost able to force him to surrender with an arm lever in the first round, but was dominated by Jones for the rest of the fight and in the fourth round via Americana (flexor against the shoulder) defeated.

In 2013 he was able to record a spectacular series of 3 KO victories and should challenge the new middleweight title holder Chris Weidman . However, Belfort could not compete because he failed a doping test and was then banned . Only in 2015 did the title fight against Weidman, which Belfort lost to TKO in the first round.

Belfort is currently training at the Fortfit Gym in Rio de Janeiro.

MMA statistics

Result	Professional record	opponent	date	event	method	round	time
victory	1-0	"The Giant with Attitude" Jon Hess	October 11, 1996	SB - SuperBrawl 2	KO (blows)	1	0:12
victory	2-0	Tra "trauma" Telligman	February 7, 1997	UFC 12 - Judgment Day	TKO (Cut)	1	1:17
victory	3-0	"The Pitbull" Scott Ferozzo	February 7, 1997	UFC 12 - Judgment Day	TKO (blows)	1	0:43
victory	4-0	Tank Abbott	May 30, 1997	UFC 13 - The Ultimate Force	TKO (blows)	1	0:52
defeat	4-1	"The Natural" Randy Couture	17th October 1997	UFC 13 - The Ultimate Force	TKO (blows)	1	8:16
victory	5-1	"The Ghetto Man" Joe Charles	December 21, 1997	UFC 15.5 - Ultimate Japan 1st	Task (armbar)	1	4:03
victory	6-1	“The Ax Murderer” Silva hiking trail	October 16, 1998	UFC 17.5 - Ultimate Brazil	TKO (blows)	1	0:44
defeat	6-2	"The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba	April 29, 1999	Pride 5	Point decision (unanimous)	2	10:00
victory	7-2	"The Hurricane" Gilbert Yvel	June 4, 2000	Pride 9 - New Blood	Point decision (unanimous)	2	10:00
victory	8-2	Daijiro Matsui	August 27, 2000	Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors	Point decision (unanimous)	2	10:00
victory	9-2	Bobby Southworth	March 25, 2001	Pride 13 - Collision Course	Task (rear-naked choke)	1	4:09
victory	10-2	"The Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring	May 27, 2001	Pride 14 - Clash of the Titans	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
defeat	10-3	"The Iceman" Chuck Liddell	June 22, 2002	UFC 37.5 - As real as it gets	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	11-3	"The Beastman" Marvin Eastman	June 6, 2003	UFC 43 - Meltdown	TKO (blows)	1	1:07
victory	12-3	"The Natural" Randy Couture	January 31, 2004	UFC 46 - Supernatural	TKO (Cut)	1	0:49
defeat	12-4	"The Natural" Randy Couture	August 21, 2004	UFC 49 - Unfinished Business	TKO (referee stop)	3	5:00
defeat	12-5	"The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz	February 5, 2005	UFC 51 - Super Saturday	Point decision (shared)	3	5:00
defeat	12-6	"The Demolition Man" Alistair Overeem	April 23, 2005	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005	Task (guillotine choke)	1	9:36
victory	13-6	Antony "Wild Thing" Rea	December 3, 2005	Cage Rage 14- Punishment	KO (blows)	2	1:30
defeat	13-7	"The Demolition Man" Alistair Overeem	June 9, 2006	Strikeforce - Revenge	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	14-7	Kazuo "Yoshiki" Takahashi	December 3, 2005	Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute	KO (blows)	1	0:36
defeat	14-8	Dan "Hendo" Henderson	October 21, 2006	Pride FC 32 - The Real Deal	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	15-8	Ivan Serati	April 21, 2007	Cage Rage 21 - Judgment Day	TKO (blows)	1	3:47
victory	16-8	"The Messenger" James Zikic	September 22, 2007	Cage Rage 23 - Unbelievable	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	17-8	Terry "Dangerous" Martin	July 19, 2008	Affliction - Banned	KO (blows)	2	3:12
victory	18-8	"The Law" Matt Lindland	January 24, 2009	Affliction - Day of Reckoning	KO (blows)	1	0:37
victory	19-8	Rich "Ace" Franklin	September 19, 2009	UFC 103 - Franklin vs. Belfort	TKO (blows)	1	3:02
defeat	19-9	"The Spider" Anderson Silva	February 5, 2011	UFC 126 - Silva vs. Belfort	TKO (front kick & punches)	1	3:25
victory	20-9	Yoshihiro "Sexyama" Akiyama	August 6, 2011	UFC 133 - Evans vs. Ortiz 2	KO (blows)	1	1:52
victory	20-9	Anthony "Rumble" Johnson	January 14, 2012	UFC 142 - Aldo vs. Mendes	Task (rear-naked choke)	1	4:49
defeat	20-10	Jon "Bones" Jones	22nd September 2012	UFC 152 - Jones vs. Belfort	Task (keylock)	4th	0:54
victory	21-10	"The Count" Michael Bisping	January 14, 2012	UFC on Fox 7 - Belfort vs. Bisping	TKO (kick to head & punches)	2	1:27
victory	22-10	Luke Rockhold	March 18, 2013	UFC on Fox 8 - Belfort vs. Rockhold	TKO (Spinning Heel Kick & Punches)	1	1:27
victory	23-10	Dan "Hendo" Henderson	November 9, 2013	UFC Fight Night 32 - Belfort vs. Henderson	KO (kick to head)	1	1:17
defeat	23-11	Chris "All-American" Weidman	May 23, 2015	UFC 187 - Johnson vs. Cormier	TKO (blows)	1	2:53
victory	24-11	Dan "Hendo" Henderson	November 7, 2015	UFC Fight Night 77 - Belfort vs. Henderson 3	KO (blows)	1	2:07
defeat	24-12	Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza	May 14, 2016	UFC 189 - Werdum vs. Ciocic	TKO (blows)	1	4:38
defeat	24-13	"The Dreamcatcher" Gegard Mousasi	October 8, 2016	UFC 204 - Bisping vs. Henderson 2	TKO (blows)	2	2:43
No contest	24-13-1	Kelvin Gastelum	March 11, 2017	UFC Fight Night 106 - Belfort vs. Gastelum	Change of decision by the STJDMMA 1		2:43
victory	25-13-1	"The Great" Nate Marquardt	3rd June 2017	UFC 212 - Aldo vs. Holloway	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
defeat	25-14-1	"The Dragon" Lyoto Machida	May 12, 2018	UFC 224 - Nunes vs. Pennington	KO (Front Kick)	2	1:00

1) Kelvin Gastelum won the fight, but was tested positive for prohibited substances afterwards, which is why the decision was changed to a no contest

Facts

• Belfort won his first four fights in a total time of 2 minutes and 58 seconds.
• In 2004 Belfort's sister was kidnapped, from which he suffered greatly. In 2007, Elaine Paiva confessed to her murder .
• He is known for the enormous speed and knockout risk of his hands.
• Belfort started in the heavyweight division, then moved steadily downwards, first to the light heavyweight division, then to the middleweight division.
• Belfort is married to the Brazilian model Joana Prado and has three children with her.
• Belfort speaks Portuguese , English , French and Spanish .

Web links

Commons : Vitor Belfort  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Vitor Belfort
• Vitor Belfort in the database of Sherdog (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mmaweekly.com: Vitor Belfort & Pawel Nastula suspended ( Memento from May 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). December 21, 2006