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Vitor Belfort denounces 'trash talkers' like Conor McGregor

Last week, Vitor Belfort took part in the UFC's "Go Big" press conference, which highlighted the Big Ten college football schedule promotion's upcoming schedule of high-profile main and co-main events over the next several months. This obviously meant that he was witness to Conor McGregor effectively taking over the bulk of Friday's press conference, which didn't particularly please him. In fact, in an Instagram rant posted over the weekend, Belfort praised Jose Aldo as a "real athlete", dubbed Conor McGregor as a "trash talker", and expressed concern over MMA being seen more as entertainment than sport:

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