Belfort targets Anderson’s belt

Vitor Belfort has revealed he is targeting Brazilian friend Anderson Silva’s UFC belt.

Belfort will face Jorge Santiago at Affliction: Trilogy on August 1st, but has been linked with a return to the UFC.

UFC president Dana White has admitted he would like to see Belfort step into the Octagon with Anderson Silva.

Belfort said: “I cannot comment much on this right now but yeah, I always want to fight the best fighters. Of course it won’t be a pleasure [being Silva’s friend] but there isn’t another way at all in the sport. Kaka and Ronaldinho (Brazilian soccer players) are friends and have faced each other many times. It is part of my work and I need it to afford milk to the children at home.”

“UFC is the most recognizable event and I’m doing my job to go back. Being recognized there again is my biggest dream right now. I’m on the right way either for the results in the ring or to the life. I’m an eternal warrior,” he added to UOL Sports.

“I went through many personal problems and managed overcome them. I am the proof that people are able to bounce up. I’m a winner. Everybody has problems but none of them get to recover from them. God has given me wisdom enough to learn with the mistakes.”

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