MMA-legenden Vitor Belfort tog sig under natten an Kelvin Gastelum under ”UFC: Fight Night 106”, en match som han förlorade via TKO i första ronden. Belfort har nu förlorat fyra av sina fem senaste matcher inne i oktogonen där samtliga förluster tillkommit via TKO, och meddelade efter matchen att hans nästa möte kan bli hans sista.
Detta hade Vitor att säga under presskonferensen efter galan:
I want to continue fighting, but I have to recognize there comes a time the training is very tiring for someone who’s been fighting 20 years.
I was confident I was going to knock him out, and everything happened in reverse. But that’s it. We have to reinvent ourselves, and it won’t be the first, it won’t be the last. I mean, I hope it is the last, because in July, I want to do the last fight of my contract. I think it’s my time to finish my chapter in this as a professional fighter.
I think that my body is not the same to train – a lot of pain. It’s over 14 surgeries that I’ve done. I think I’ve left everything inside the octagon – it wasn’t in the best way. I’m sad not to give this win to my fans, but it’s part of it. The sport is this way.
Belfort vill gå sin sista match på kontraktet, och möjligtvis karriären, vid UFC 212 i Rio de Janeiro den 3 juni. Om Vitor kommer att få sin vilja igenom återstår att se.
