Issue 149
December 2016
For the last 20 years, to watch Vitor Belfort fight, the expectation was: if anyone is going to win via an unstoppable striking assault, it’ll be ‘The Phenom’. Not anymore.
Approaching his 40th birthday and faced with a man with a renewed vigor for collecting KOs – Gegard Mousasi – the 185lb elder statesman was the one on the receiving end of far too many punches and kicks to stay in the fight at UFC 204.
When the Dutchman wrapped his shin around his opponent’s head, it was clear there was only one way this contest was going.
Date: October 2016,
Location: Manchester, England.
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