The Ultimate Fighting Championship have promoted over 200 events worldwide since its inception but none have presented a featured fight perceived to be as lopsided as Saturday’s light-heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Vitor Belfort.
Jones, the 13-to-1 favorite this weekend, has been thrashing opponents like we had only ever seen done in a video game set on the easy difficulty in the past.
Last year was a career defining twelve months for Jones. He began the calendar year as one of the hottest prospects on the market. 365 days later he was the UFC light-heavyweight king who had buzzsawed through three former champions with relative ease.
Despite being in the home stretch of his career at 35-years-of-age Belfort has only tasted defeat once since 2007, and knockout defeat to pound-for-pound king and middleweight champ Anderson Silva.
Despite being in the home stretch of his career at 35-years-of-age Belfort has only tasted defeat once since 2007, and knockout defeat to pound-for-pound king and middleweight champ Anderson Silva.
The self-proclaimed “young dinosaur” has been one of the top-ranked stars at 185-pounds but now he moves up to light-heavyweight to test his skills against the division’s alpha dog, his first appearance in the UFC light-heavyweight division since 2005.
Belfort doesn’t use great footwork, he doesn’t use his jab to set up his power shots, he doesn’t throw crisp combinations or any of the conventional things associated with great boxers yet he unrightfully gets that title.
All signs are pointing towards Jones walking out of Tononto with his ten-pounds of championship gold in tact but with an experienced power-puncher like Belfort in the mix you cannot count him out completely.
Date - 22 September
Time - 10 pm (E.T) / 7 pm (PT)
Time - 10 pm (E.T) / 7 pm (PT)