Vitor Belfort mötte förra helgen Chris Weidman under UFC 187, då han förlorade via knockout i första ronden. Han ångrar nu sin taktik då han hade för bråttom med slag i början av matchen och tröttade därför ut sig själv tidigt.
Det här berättade han, via ”Combate”:
I spent too much energy there. If I had taken a step back, waited a little bit, I’m sure I would have knocked him out. I should have made better use of my experience. He is very tough on the ground, it was his day.
Hans träningspartner och coach, Gilbert Burns, anser att Belfort gjorde ett tekniskt misstag när matchen gick ner på mattan. Belfort tycker dock att Weidman gjorde ett bra jobb:
I had both my shoulders on the ground, I couldn’t turn sideways. It’s easy to talk about mistakes in a fight. The other guy deserves his praise. It’s a part of life. He felt my strikes, he was afraid of exchanging with me. He wanted to take me down right away. I spent a year and a half waiting for this fight, it felt like the camp would never end. I felt like I overtrained about four different times.
