Vitor Belfort recently trash talked UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman during an interview. Belfort accused the champ for dodging fight with him with an excuse for an injury.
He said "At first I did not believe, after all this being the second fight of his title defense then had to be postponed because of injury. I think for every holder of that belt gets injured more than once, the UFC should already create the interim belt."
"With that, the fans, the fighters and the UFC would not leave himself harmed, only the injured athlete."
But Weidman found Belfort words as nonsense. Usually, fighters have to be projected to be out of action for at least a year for talks of interim titles being issued. The last time Weidman fought was in July while Belfort has not fought since Nov. 2013.
Weidman commented "It doesn't make any sense, it's not like I've been out for a year."
He added "This guy hasn't fought since November. And I was actually, we were supposed to fight. We were lined up to fight in July. And he had to pull out of the fight. And you know why he had to pull out of the fight? He failed a drug test. So this guy is failing drug tests and he has the audacity, he has the balls to start talking junk? About me not fighting. He hasn't fought since November. So what if he gets the belt? So what happens with that? He just makes no sense. That's the bottom line."
Because of this, usually calm and collected Weidman vowed not to just beat Belfort but to also embarrass him. He said "I want to completely toy with him. I want to toy with him. I want to beat him up standing, I want to toss him on his butt. Smack him in his mouth a couple times while he's on the ground. Maybe go for a submission, make him almost tap, and let go of it, let him stand up, beat him up on the feet, take him down again, just completely just make a mockery of him."