Bloody Elbow · Dec 27, 2019
Vitor Belfort wants ‘most anticipated rematch’ with Wanderlei Silva
Jason Silva-USA TODAY SportsFormer UFC champion Vitor Belfort announced his retirement from competition in May 2018, after he was knocked out by Lyoto Machida at UFC 224. A little over a month later, he was already hinting at a return, possibly in a rematch against a legend of the sport.
One of the names that floated around was that of Wanderlei Silva’s, whom Belfort defeated at the UFC’s first-ever event in Brazil in 1998. In a recent Instagram post, “The Phenom” says he would like another crack at “The Axe Murderer.”