Vitor Belfort (24-10) ska möta Chris Weidman (12-0) på UFC 187 där dom ska göra upp om mellanviktstiteln och Belfort anser att hans fightingstil är det som krävs för att ta bältet ifrån Weidman.
Det var tänkt att dom båda skulle mötas tidigare, men Belfort klarade inte ett drogtest och Weidman var tvungen att dra sig ur på grund av skada. Nu ser matchen ut att äntligen bli av och Belfort ser fram emot matchen.
I’m good, man,” sa belfort. “I’m pumped. May 23, that’s the day, man. Leave the rest to them. Reporters write what they need to write, fans say what they need to say. I’ve learned one thing that’s helped me so much in my life – I learned it a long time ago – I don’t read comments. I don’t look too much at the media. I’m not against it. Sometimes I go there, but if I see something that’s not good, I don’t click it … because I have a wife that tells me the truth.”
Belfort menar att han nu har lärt sig att fokusera på rätt saker.
“In my house I have a saying – it’s one of my sayings – it says, ‘process vs. outcome,’” sa Belfort. “So it’s process always on the top. The word that’s in the top is the word that matters, not what’s on the bottom. Because what is on the bottom, you can not rise up. What is on the top. You’ve got to make sure what is on the top is what I put in my mind and what I live.”
“So if you just focus on the process, it’s always much better result. But, if you focus on the outcome and things you don’t control, eventually your percentage of something you overcome, something you can’t escape – the stake is going to be much higher to fail than to succeed.”
Enligt Belfort är hans fightingstil den stilen som kommer att vinna titeln.
“I’m not that boring fighter,” Belfort said. “I’m going out there and action. I’m looking to win, and I’m looking to dominate. When you’re looking to win, you’ve got to know when and you’ve got to feel it.”
