Vitor Belfort can add UFC Corridor of Famer to his legendary listing of accomplishments.
Throughout Saturday’s UFC 315 broadcast in Montreal, Belfort was introduced as the newest member of the 2025 Corridor of Fame class, which is ready to be inducted June 28 in Las Vegas. Belfort, 48, was in attendance at Bell Centre to rejoice the second.
Watch Belfort’s response to the announcement beneath.
Belfort joins the Corridor of Fame’s Pioneer Wing.
In 26 appearances throughout a number of stints with the promotion, Belfort established himself as a multi-division risk with terrifying knockout energy and competed for UFC gold on 5 totally different events. He truly captured the sunshine heavyweight title with a win over Randy Couture at UFC 46, an accomplishment dimmed due the bout ending in a freak minimize that prevented Couture from persevering with. Couture defeated Belfort within the subsequent rematch.
Regardless, Belfort had loads of success in his profession competing for the UFC, PRIDE, and Affliction amongst different notable organizations. It’s with the UFC the place Belfort was most well-known as along with his two-fight championship sequence with Couture, he additionally fought Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, and Chris Weidman with a belt on the road.
Amongst Belfort’s notable knockout victories are Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold, and Rich Franklin.
Belfort was billed as a celebrity from Day 1 when he made his UFC debut in February 1997 on the age of 19. At UFC 12, “The Phenom” wanted two minutes mixed to defeat Scott Ferrozzo and Tra Telligman to win a one-night heavyweight event. He adopted that up with a 52-second knockout of Tank Abbott at UFC 13 that additional boosted his fast-rising profile.
Now, he joins the UFC’s Pioneer Wing alongside the likes of fellow Brazilian legends Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva, Matt Hughes, Chuck Liddell, and Couture.
Different inductees scheduled for the June 28 ceremony at T-Cellular Enviornment embody two-division champion Amanda Nunes, former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler (Fashionable Wing), the basic UFC 236 title conflict between Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum (Combat Wing), and producer Craig Piligian (Contributor Wing).
