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Vitor Belfort Begging Fans for Money After Comparing His UFC Contract to Slavery

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Vitor Belfort took a massive financial hit from the UFC-Reebok deal. Like many other fighters, the former light heavyweight champion (and chronic drug test failure) lost almost all of his sponsors, which translates to him losing millions of dollars per year. Now Belfort, who likened the deal to slavery, wants to recoup that loss. How? By begging his fans for money.




Vitor made lots and lots of money off all those logos on his shirt...and that got taken away by the Reebok deal. Photo by Sherdog.com.

Vitor made lots and lots of money off all those logos on his shirt…and that got taken away by the Reebok deal. Photo by Sherdog.com.

Speaking with Brazilian news outlet Combate (which was later translated by Bloody Elbow), Belfort said the following:

Check out the full quote on P2:


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