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On June 3, on the main card of UFC 212, MMA legend Vitor Belfort will take on Nate Marquardt in a fight that will go down as the last of his legendary career<\/a> \u2013 at least, that was the original plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since his retirement fight with Marquardt was announced, Belfort has backtracked on his retirement plans, suggesting that while this fight will be his last in the UFC, it will not be his last overall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since Belfort clarified on the circumstances of his fight with Marquardt, his manager\u00a0Gustavo Lacerda has offered up even more information, speaking to the\u00a0MMA Ganhador podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Technically and physically, Vitor has full conditions to continue fighting,\u201d Lacerda said (translation via MMAFighting.com<\/a>). “Of course, he has the hormonal deficiency everybody knows\u2026 But I think he lit up his fire again. We\u2019ll go fight by fight. First, we\u2019ll think about his fight with Nate Marquardt, and then we have more good things ahead.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“What I think it\u2019s possible to imagine is: what does the MMA fan wants? He wants to see Vitor vs. Wanderlei [Silva], wants to see Vitor vs. [Chael] Sonnen. He wants these type of fights. And it\u2019s the type of fights that interests us. Vitor doesn\u2019t need to prove anything regarding to ranking or title. The idea is to have fights that are interesting. Interest the fans, and interest the fighter.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I\u2019m particularly crazy to see Vitor vs. Wanderlei,\u201d he continued. “It\u2019s a fight I pay to see. There are fights people want to see, and those are the fights that are interesting. Where it will be, and how it will be, I can\u2019t say anything right now. But they might happen.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, sounds like Vitor Belfort is considering a jump to Bellator MMA when his UFC contract concludes with his bout with Marquardt. What do you think about this plan?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/25\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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