{"id":394292,"date":"2021-09-11T20:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T03:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=394292"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:11:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T20:11:37","slug":"vitor-belfort-challenges-jake-paul-following-tko-win-over-evander-holyfield-stop-running-from-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/vitor-belfort-challenges-jake-paul-following-tko-win-over-evander-holyfield-stop-running-from-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitor Belfort challenges Jake Paul following TKO win over Evander Holyfield: “Stop running from me!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC champion Vitor Belfort returned to the square circle this evening for a heavyweight bout with boxing legend Evander Holyfield.<\/p>\n

Belfort (2-0 Boxing) was initially slated to square off with Oscar De La Hoya at tonight’s “Triller: Legends 2” event. However, ‘The Golden Boy’ was forced to withdraw from the contest due to injury. With that, 58-year-old Evander Holyfield stepped in on short-notice to fill the void.<\/p>\n

Holyfield was returning to combat sports for the first time since 2011, when he scored a TKO victory over Brian Nielsen. The boxing icon, who is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, had entered tonight’s contest sporting a 44-10-2 record a professional.<\/p>\n

As for Vitor Belfort, ‘The Phenom’ was returning to action for first time since 2018 this evening. In his most previous effort at UFC<\/a> 224, ‘The Phenom’ wound up suffering a knockout loss to Lyoto Machida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort bout proved to be a a short and very one-sided contest. The former UFC champion came out aggressively and did not stop throwing big punches until the referee stepped in to mercifully save Holyfield from further damage.<\/p>\n

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Vitor Belfort TKO’s Evander Holyfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Official Result: Vitor Belfort def. Evander Holyfield via TKO at 1:49 of Round 1<\/p>\n

Shortly after earning his first boxing victory in over fifteen years, Belfort took the microphone where he proceeded to issue the following challenge to Jake Paul.<\/p>\n

“There’s this kid, and we’ve got $25 million dollars. The winner take all! Let’s go! Hey Jake Paul, stop running from me man. I’m going to teach you a lesson. You can be my kid. You’re going to come meet Daddy over here at Triller. Stop running! You’re a little bitch!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Check out Vitor Belfort’s intense callout of Jake Paul below courtesy of FITE TV:<\/p>\n

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.@vitorbelfort<\/a> calling out @jakepaul<\/a>!!<\/p>\n

$25million WINNER TAKES ALL!#TRILLERFIGHTCLUB<\/a> LIVE RIGHT NOW ON #FITE<\/a>!<\/p>\n

[ #HolyfieldBelfort<\/a> | https:\/\/t.co\/jpCvXLI1j3<\/a> ] pic.twitter.com\/6UyoKnpIIF<\/a><\/p>\n

— FITE (@FiteTV) September 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n