{"id":59746,"date":"2013-05-18T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T20:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=59746"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:02:26","slug":"chael-sonnen-vitor-belfort-nearly-unstoppable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/chael-sonnen-vitor-belfort-nearly-unstoppable\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen: Vitor Belfort Nearly Unstoppable."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49152\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Vitor-ESPN1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49152\" title=\"Vitor ESPN\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Vitor-ESPN1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Vitor-ESPN1.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Vitor-ESPN1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Vitor-ESPN1-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image via ESPN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>UFC on FUEL TV anchorman, Chael Sonnen, took to his time on the air to praise Vitor Belfort ahead of his UFC on FX 8 main event against Luke Rockhold.<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold has proven to be a force in the middleweight division, he also comes in as the betting favorite, but for Sonnen, he&#8217;s not all that sold on the former Strikeforce champion.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what Chael said about Vitor Belfort:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s just as fast, he&#8217;s just as accurate, he&#8217;s just as intimidating, but he&#8217;s a lot smaller &#8211; when he made his [UFC] debut he was heavyweight, then he came down to light heavyweight, won the championship over Randy Couture. Now he&#8217;s down at middleweight. This guy is almost unstoppable. Outside of Anderson Silva, we haven&#8217;t seen anybody that can beat him here. Really big test and I think finally mentally he&#8217;s starting to believe in himself.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC on FUEL TV anchorman, Chael Sonnen, took to his time on the air to praise Vitor Belfort ahead of his UFC on FX 8 main event against Luke Rockhold. 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