{"id":276416,"date":"2018-05-14T10:13:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T17:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276416"},"modified":"2018-05-14T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T17:13:48","slug":"vitor-belfort-breaks-silence-on-ko-loss-to-lyoto-machida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/vitor-belfort\/vitor-belfort-breaks-silence-on-ko-loss-to-lyoto-machida\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitor Belfort breaks silence on KO loss to Lyoto Machida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, on the main card of UFC 224, MMA legend Vitor Belfort stepped into the UFC’s Octagon for a final time. His opponent in this swan song was a fellow Brazilian legend in Lyoto Machida.<\/p>\n

Regrettably, Belfort’s Hall-of-Fame worthy career didn’t wrap up the way he planned. Instead, he had his batteries removed by a second-round front-kick to the face<\/a> \u2014 the very same maneuver that Anderson Silva used to beat him in 2011, and the same kick Machida used to retire Randy Couture that same year.<\/p>\n

Shortly after this tough loss, Belfort took to Instagram to issue a quick statement. Though he did not comment on his retirement, he did acknowledge the undeniable absurdity of being knocked out with a crane kick for the second time in his career, comparing the loss to being struck by lighting twice.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (@vitorbelfort)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n