Vitor Belfort To Retire After UFC: St. Louis
Vitor Belfort To Retire After UFC: St. Louis
UFC veteran and MMA legend Vitor Belfort will retire after his bout with Uriah Hall in St. Louis.
Vitor Belfort has had a storied career in mixed martial arts, but all things come to an end.
"The Phenom" has terrorized the ranks of the UFC's middleweight and light heavyweight divisions for the past two decades, and found tremendous streaks of success along the way. Granted, Belfort's run was not without its fair share of controversy, but all in all the Brazilian knockout artist has left an indelible mark on the sport.
On Saturday night he will face Uriah Hall in what he told MMA Junkie is absolutely his final go inside the Octagon. Belfort is ready for his next journey in life to get started and has no regrets about walking away from MMA.
“My body needs that,” Belfort said. “I’m going to that second journey. Retirement, for me, is different than how people see it. I’m happy. I’m content. I’m content with my life. I don’t depend on the lights. I don’t live out of that. I don’t live out of, ‘Man, I need that to feed my ego.’ That’s not what feeds my ego.
“What feeds my ego is when I see someone changing their life, someone become a better person. This is what feeds my ego, to tell the truth. I’m going to miss a lot of stuff. But it’s part of life. You’ve got to know the time to start and have the time to end. So, here it is.”