{"id":106651,"date":"2014-07-28T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=106651"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:30:02","slug":"belfort-talks-in-third-person-says-no-more-trt-now-its-tnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/belfort-talks-in-third-person-says-no-more-trt-now-its-tnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfort Talks In Third Person, Says &#8220;No More TRT, Now It&#8217;s TNT&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/weidman-coach-says-vitor-belfort-living-in-a-different-universe\/vitor-belfort-17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104661\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Vitor-Belfort.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Vitor Belfort\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Vitor-Belfort.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Vitor-Belfort-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Vitor-Belfort-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vitor Belfort received his license to fight Chris Weidman for the UFC title in December last week, and is already looking forward to the bout, and to put his controversial past behind him.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/7\/28\/5945663\/vitor-belfort-has-traded-trt-for-tnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour<\/a> to talk about how the TRT era is done, and now its time for his TNT.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m strong,&#8221; Belfort said on Monday\u2019s edition of The MMA Hour. &#8220;I\u2019m ready to take what\u2019s mine. December 6.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m like an animal. TRT doesn\u2019t give you spinning kicks, uppercuts. You can put TRT in your body. Look all those guys that were on TRT, they didn\u2019t have good performances. Why? That\u2019s the question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all, I didn\u2019t have any illegal substances in my body. Nothing was wrong,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Everybody knew I was in TRT. Nevada knew it. I could have denied (to do the random test) because I wasn\u2019t licensed back then and they asked me to do it. People made it become a big issue. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s no more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People talked that I was this and that, (saying) I was on steroids. I wasn\u2019t on steroids, I was doing TRT,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I had no illegal substances in my body. I was clear. I opened all my tests. I used to do tests every week to see how my levels were. When you\u2019re true to yourself and don\u2019t try to cheat the system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of guys, they just talk. I deal in a true way, open up my personal things. When you\u2019re in treatment, your ratio goes outside and it became a big issue. I wasn\u2019t cheating at all. I spent a lot of money in testing myself. It is what it is. It\u2019s gone. No more TRT. Now, it\u2019s TNT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to. I don\u2019t have anything to prove. I am who I am. Nobody can change that. Only you can change you. That\u2019s how Vitor Belfort gets things done.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitor Belfort received his license to fight Chris Weidman for the UFC title in December last week, and is already looking forward to the bout, and to put his controversial past behind him. 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