{"id":279700,"date":"2018-06-30T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T18:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279700"},"modified":"2018-06-30T11:12:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T18:12:04","slug":"recently-retired-former-ufc-champion-vitor-belfort-is-already-hinting-at-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/vitor-belfort\/recently-retired-former-ufc-champion-vitor-belfort-is-already-hinting-at-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Recently retired former UFC champion Vitor Belfort is already hinting at a comeback!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort (26-14 MMA) might not be done with fighting after all.<\/p>\n<p>The mixed martial arts legend, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lyoto-machida\/ufc-224-results-vitor-belfort-vs-lyota-machida\/\">who retired from the sport following his brutal knockout loss to Lyoto Machida at UFC 224<\/a>, recently took to social media where he delivered the following message which hints at a possible comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bkl4Yj5lDTO\/<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you could choose one of those fights to happen again, which one would you like to see? @wandfc @titoortiz1999 @chuckliddell @mikebisping @danhendo?&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Vitor Belfort<\/p>\n<p>Out of the five legends that Belfort named in the above Instagram post, only former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva is still and active fighter.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/quinton-rampage-jackson\/wanderlei-silva-drops-news-of-rampage-rematch\/\">&#8220;The Axe Murderer&#8221; already has his hands spoken for as it was recently announced that Silva will square off with &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson for a fourth time under the Bellator banner<\/a> this September.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former UFC champions and bitter rivals <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/tito-ortiz-says-chuck-liddell-fight-is-happening-shares-details-of-lucrative-golden-boy-mma-contract\/\">Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz may actually fight again, but if they do it will likely be against each other<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So that leaves us with recently retired former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson, who has been retired almost two years, as Belfort&#8217;s final options.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Count&#8221; has already stated on numerous occasions that he has no intentions of ever fighting Belfort again due to Vitor&#8217;s history with performance enhancing substances.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dan Henderson has suffered three losses, two by way of knockout, to &#8220;The Phenom&#8221;. 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