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30/06/09 - Belfort: I want Anderson's title belt
Vitor Belfort has been finishing his preparation for Affliction: Trilogy where he faces Jorge Santiago on August 1st. But Belfort has mapped out his return to UFC, the organization that gave him famous in mixed martial arts.
UFC president Dana White said recently he’d like to see Vitor versus Anderson Silva soon and the fighter says he was “surprised about that - Anderson is a great friend of mine and a big champion but I’m looking for this”.
“I cannot comment much on this right now but yeah, I always want to fight the best fighters. Of course it won’t be a pleasure [being Silva’s friend] but there isn’t another way at all in the sport. Kaka and Ronaldinho (Brazilian soccer players) are friends and have faced each other many times. It is part of my work and I need it to afford milk to the children at home.”
Belfort was UFC heavyweight champion when the organization used the tournament system and became light-heavyweight champion in 2004. Now “The Phenom” wants the middleweight belt after debuting in the division last year and going on a four-fight win streak.
“UFC is the most recognizable event and I’m doing my job to go back. Being recognized there again is my biggest dream right now. I’m on the right way either for the results in the ring or to the life. I’m an eternal warrior,” he said to UOL Sports about his newly resurgent career.
“I went through many personal problems and managed overcome them. I am the proof that people are able to bounce up. I’m a winner. Everybody has problems but none of them get to recover from them. God has given me wisdom enough to learn with the mistakes.”
FO Staff Brasil
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