Belfort wants Punk

[Onetrickpony]

After losing to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fortaleza last weekend, Vitor Belfort announced that he intends to fulfill the last remaining fight on his current UFC contract and then hang up his gloves. So far, so good, but who could be the last challenger for "The Phenom"?

The middleweight division is certainly not lacking high-profile options for the Brazilian. From a long-awaited rematch against Anderson Silva to several athletes from all parts and corners of the top 15, such as Uriah Hall or Sam Alvey, could be on the radar. However, none of them really interests Belfort. In an exclusive interview with FloCombat via AG. Fight, the aging veteran said that he is tired of cutting weight and revealed that he will ask the UFC to fight out his contract in the light heavyweight division in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 212 on June 3.

"I'm going to talk to them (UFC), but I want this fight at 205 pounds", Belfort said. "I would love to do this fight in this category."

Befort is coming off a difficult phase of his storied career. Facing exclusively high-profile, well-ranked opponents, "The Phenom" currently boasts four losses in his last five fights. And maybe that's why the former UFC light heavyweight champion is no longer willing to fight the top guys and even suggested a certain someone who has just lost his UFC debut last year at welterweight as his final foe.

"It would have to be an interesting fighter, but not a top fighter", Belfort said. "I've been fighting good guys before: Dan Henderson, [Chris] Weidman, Dan Henderson, 'Jacaré' [Souza], [Gegard] Mousasi and now Kelvin [Gastelum]. These are all hard fights, so if you can book a smoother fight... What's the name of that guy from WWE? CM Punk would be a good fight", Belfort laughed. "CM Punk, let's get it on. That would be a really good fight."

Vitor Belfort Wants to Fight CM Punk

 

[tang]

what a bully

 

[member 1013]

L
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A
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[ECC170]

And ppl thought I was kidding about feeding matt Hughes to c.m punk...

 

[ECC170]

I'm not getting accessory to murder watching this

 

[Onetrickpony]

Im guessing he was joking since he was laughing about it when he said he wanted to fight him but that shit would sell PPV's.

 

[Joemacka]

 

[member 3289]

I wanna fight CM Punk at UFC 212, too.

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

I wanna fight CM Punk at UFC 212, too.

A fight Punk could actually win. Book it Dana White!

 

[Joemacka]

Belfort ducking Dan Kelly.

 

[Lukewarm Carl]

Punk @ -240
Belfort @ +175

 

[nuraknu]

That fight would never be sanctioned. I'd be surprised if even Texas or someplace looser allows that to happen. A ref might even refuse to ref that fight - BJM talked about that kind of thing once. They would call it a mismatch.

 

[dacofty]

Phil Brooks would wreck him

 

[aghof]

if Punk could withstand the early onslaught, things could get interesting. As we all know, Vitor often fades after his initial burst, and Punk has never been finished after the halfway point of the first round.

 

[Tiiimmmaaayyy]

Punk might take this fight. No one would expect him to win. I actually give him a better shot at beating a worn out and deflated Vitor than I would against many young killers.

 

[ECC170]

Punk might take this fight. No one would expect him to win. I actually give him a better shot at beating a worn out and deflated Vitor than I would against many young killers.

I like you bud...plz don't entertain this homicide

 

[Onetrickpony]

That fight would never be sanctioned. I'd be surprised if even Texas or someplace looser allows that to happen. A ref might even refuse to ref that fight - BJM talked about that kind of thing once. They would call it a mismatch.

I'd like to believe you're right but on the eve of a pro boxer with a record of 49 - 0 setting up to fight an mma fighter with a 0 - 0 boxing record anything is possible.

 

[Tiiimmmaaayyy]

I like you bud...plz don't entertain this homicide

Haha. Ok, fair enough. I guess it would be different if Punk was young himself, but he hasn't demonstrated the ability to get out of the way, and still Vitor is still fast and dangerous. Easy fight for Vitor, but also an easy fight for anyone currently on the UFC roster.

 

[Juanandonly]

After losing to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fortaleza last weekend, Vitor Belfort announced that he intends to fulfill the last remaining fight on his current UFC contract and then hang up his gloves. So far, so good, but who could be the last challenger for "The Phenom"?

The middleweight division is certainly not lacking high-profile options for the Brazilian. From a long-awaited rematch against Anderson Silva to several athletes from all parts and corners of the top 15, such as Uriah Hall or Sam Alvey, could be on the radar. However, none of them really interests Belfort. In an exclusive interview with FloCombat via AG. Fight, the aging veteran said that he is tired of cutting weight and revealed that he will ask the UFC to fight out his contract in the light heavyweight division in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 212 on June 3.

"I'm going to talk to them (UFC), but I want this fight at 205 pounds", Belfort said. "I would love to do this fight in this category."

Befort is coming off a difficult phase of his storied career. Facing exclusively high-profile, well-ranked opponents, "The Phenom" currently boasts four losses in his last five fights. And maybe that's why the former UFC light heavyweight champion is no longer willing to fight the top guys and even suggested a certain someone who has just lost his UFC debut last year at welterweight as his final foe.

"It would have to be an interesting fighter, but not a top fighter", Belfort said. "I've been fighting good guys before: Dan Henderson, [Chris] Weidman, Dan Henderson, 'Jacaré' [Souza], [Gegard] Mousasi and now Kelvin [Gastelum]. These are all hard fights, so if you can book a smoother fight... What's the name of that guy from WWE? CM Punk would be a good fight", Belfort laughed. "CM Punk, let's get it on. That would be a really good fight."

Vitor Belfort Wants to Fight CM Punk

I think I just pissed myself

 

[delightone]

Belfort wants some easy money, and be know as the man who killed the punk

 

[Onetrickpony]

Belfort wants some easy money, and be know as the man who killed the punk

 

[KWingJitsu]

NoTRTitor has suffered 4 concussions in a row. You're gonna have to forgive his incoherence.....

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

That fight would never be sanctioned. I'd be surprised if even Texas or someplace looser allows that to happen. A ref might even refuse to ref that fight - BJM talked about that kind of thing once. They would call it a mismatch.

Randy vs James Toney got sanctioned...Dont get me wrong, I am aware Punk is an athlete, Toney is a professional fighter. Just shows commissions will do as they please.

 

[Lukewarm Carl]

 

[Onetrickpony]

Not 211, that the best damn card they've had in ages.

Switch it to 213 and tweet it out to Punk, Dana and Belfort.