Belfort: TRT complaints an excuse for losing to much older guy
Vitor Belfort: “Honestly, I think everybody always used TRT as an excuse. In fact, they needed a good excuse to lose to a guy much older than them.”
UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort has received a great deal of criticism for his use of TRT, and his PED test failure. Both Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold lost to Belfort via head kick, during the peak of TRT use in MMA; the pair have since stringly spoken out against it.
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However, in an interview with Brazil’s MMA Premium, Belfort chalked it up to sore losing.
“Honestly, I think everybody always used TRT as an excuse,” said Belfort, as translated by Lucas Rezende for BE. “In fact, they needed a good excuse to lose to a guy much older than them.”
Belfort fights Dan Henderson, a guy much holder than he is by seven years, in the main event of UFC Fight Night 77 on November 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“I’m going ready for five rounds or a knockout or a submission, anything can happen,” said Belfort. “My training camp was intense and I’m ready to fight on November 7, I’ll give my best.”
