RIO DE JANEIRO – Vitor Belfort ’s last fight was filled with the type of the odd poetry that only MMA can provide us. As Belfort (26-14 MMA, 15-11 UFC) collapsed from Lyoto Machida ’s (24-8 MMA, 16-8 UFC) perfectly placed front kick , a single thought went through our minds: We’ve seen this before. Specifically, when Anderson Silva knocked him out in the first round of that UFC 216 meeting that really shot MMA to new mainstream heights in Brazil. Hell, Machida was even wearing yellow shorts, too. THE DRAGON ROARS AGAIN! @LyotoMachidaFW #UFC224 pic.twitter.com/ILXkb9DYvo — UFC (@ufc) May 13, 2018 Belfort lay there for a scary few seconds, recovering in time to put down his gloves and confirm – for now, anyway – what he’d been saying all week: This was his final fight. We’re still trying to figure out what exactly having the most important fight of your life end the same way your last one does means – but it must mean something
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