UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has never been one to talk trash about his opponents, but it looks like Vitor Belfort has gotten under his skin. Belfort took shots at Weidman in a recent interview after the champ had to pull out of their Dec. 6 fight due to a broken hand.
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After the news broke that Belfort would have to wait until February at the earliest for his shot at the title, "The Phenom" told Combate that he thinks Weidman wanted "to keep his belt over Christmas" and suggested that the UFC create an interim title. Weidman didn't take too kindly to Belfort's comments.
"I just fought in July," Weidman said to MMAFighting.com. "It doesn't make any sense, it's not like I've been out for a year. This guy hasn't fought since November. And I was actually, we were supposed to fight. We were lined up to fight in July. And he had to pull out of the fight. And you know why he had to pull out of the fight? He failed a drug test. So this guy is failing drug tests and he has the audacity, he has the balls to start talking junk? About me not fighting? He hasn't fought since November. So what if he gets the belt? So what happens with that? He just makes no sense. That's the bottom line."
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Belfort is on a three-fight win streak but hasn't fought since November due to issues with his use of testosterone replacement therapy. After a failed test forced him out of his July tilt with Weidman, he was granted a license to fight in Nevada after an appearance in front of the state athletic commission and the December bout was scheduled.
Weidman is now even more fired up for their fight, and he said he won't have any respect for the former light heavyweight champion once the cage door closes.
"I want to completely toy with him," Weidman said. "I want to toy with him. I want to beat him up standing, I want to toss him on his butt. Smack him in his mouth a couple times while he's on the ground. Maybe go for a submission, make him almost tap, and let go of it, let him stand up, beat him up on the feet, take him down again, just completely just make a mockery of him.
"I'm going to have a lot of fun," he continued. "I'm going in there to embarrass him. This is not going to be a close fight, this is going to be a completely, I'm going to embarrass him in that cage. I'm going to make him look like an old man who withered away."
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