{"id":206566,"date":"2016-10-08T15:53:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T22:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=206566"},"modified":"2016-10-08T15:53:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T22:53:20","slug":"report-vitor-belfort-will-announce-retirement-following-fight-ufc-204","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/vitor-belfort\/report-vitor-belfort-will-announce-retirement-following-fight-ufc-204\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Vitor Belfort will announce his retirement following his fight at UFC 204"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC champion Vitor &#8220;The Phenom&#8221; Belfort will apparently be announcing his retirement from mixed martial arts following his fight with Gegard Mousasi tonight at UFC 204.<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Costa, founder of OlimpoMMA, tweeted the following information as per Breno Massena:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrenoMassena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrenoMassena<\/a>, Vitor Belfort is going to announce his retirement after his fight tonight at UFC 204.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matheus Costa (@MatheusCostaMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatheusCostaMMA\/status\/784884641161510912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrenoMassena\/status\/784875787321159680<\/p>\n<p>Vitor Belfort is a legend in the sport of mixed martial arts. 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