Vitor Belfort IG Post - I'll be as direct as possible in this post. In order to be respectful to the public and espec...

I'll be as direct as possible in this post. In order to be respectful to the public and especially to my opponent. The information about my injury has somehow leaked to the press. Neither I nor anyone on my team mentioned what happened before, during or after the fight. Victory or defeat, fight injured or not; part of an athlete's life. I was not the first to fight injured and I will not be the last. Even with all the limitations imposed by my injury, it is up to me to decide whether I will go up in the Octagon or not. I decided that; Yes! I did not want to miss my farewell in my country, in my hometown and before an opponent of respect. I gave the best I could in the fight and my opponent was better that night. And that's what counts! No adversity that I may have missed takes away his merit. Of course it was not the farewell I had hoped for. Not because of the result, because we never have control of it. But for not being able to perform as I know I can. I literally grew up in the ...

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