Belfort: What grade was Weidman in when I won title?

Vitor Belfort has been fighting in the UFC since 1997. His last three fights were two Knockouts of the Night, and a Knockout of the Year.

This is the best moment of my life, said Belfort after the after the UFC 187 open workouts to Brent Brookhouse for MMAjunkie. How many fighters are going to be able to leave the legacy that I did? Nineteen years ago I was a champion. I know people don’t talk much about when I was a champion because they don’t consider me the youngest champion. But I had to fight two times in a night, guys with no gloves, the sport was totally different.

At 19 years old, I came and I conquered. I became the youngest champion of the UFC. It was another organization that used to own it, not Zuffa. But you can not deny facts. I won that. I won a title at light heavyweight and now I’m coming to the middleweight title. Nineteen years ago, how old was Chris Weidman. What grade?

For the record, Weidman was in 6th grade.

Vitor Belfort fight UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman in the main event of UFC 187 on Saturday, live on PPV from at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.