Vitor Belfort is coming around to the idea of asking for fights as well as earning them. The ex-champ eliminated any doubt of that today when he tweeted UFC President Dana White that he wants to fight the winner of Saturday’s UFC 162 headliner between middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva (33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC) and Chris Weidman (9-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC). “The fans and me are very excited to see who is going to my next opponent on this Saturday,” Belfort tweeted . “I deserve the winner!” That’s a bold proclamation from Belfort (23-10 MMA, 12-6 UFC), who this past month told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that he’d rather prove his title worthiness than crow about it. “I don’t think it’s time to ask; I think it’s time to earn,” Belfort said. “That’s my ethic in life
BAD MMA Trending Cloud
UFC • Bellator • Conor Mcgregor • PFL • Jon Jones • Daniel Cormier • Dustin Poirier • Khabib Nurmagomedov • Dana White • Francis Ngannou • Jorge Masvidal • Nate Diaz • news • Anderson Silva • WSOF • Max Holloway • Michael Chandler • Ronda Rousey • Alex Pereira • Michael Bisping • Amanda Nunes • Alexander Volkanovski • Donald Cerrone • Kamaru Usman • Tony Ferguson • islam makhachev • Henry Cejudo • Jake Paul • Demetrious Johnson • Charles Oliveira • Jose Aldo • One Championship • Aljamain Sterling • sean o'malley • Derrick Lewis • Stipe Miocic • sean strickland • Tyron Woodley • Georges St Pierre • Robert Whittaker
- MMA News (114901)
- USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, April 15: UFC 314 results in multiple upward shifts
- Kyoji Horiguchi explains UFC return, weighs in on fighting teammate Alexander Pantoja
- Marvin Vettori mourns death of younger brother
- Ailin Perez shrugs off Nora Cornolle’s callout at UFC 314
- David Martinez wants UFC 320 slot after impressive debut, explains how virtual reality helps preparation
- Grant Dawson: Michael Chandler ‘got his butt kicked’ at UFC 314, needs to be unranked
- Henry Cejudo: Max Holloway ’100 percent’ beats UFC 314 version of Alexander Volkanovski
- Henry Cejudo: Michael Chandler must ‘consider retirement’ after one more fight
- Fanatics Sportsbook Promo | Pocket up to $300 in Bonus Bets for NBA Playoffs
- Renato Moicano after UFC 314: ‘I don’t hate Paddy Pimblett’