Vitor Belfort
“The Phenom”
Source: sherdog.comTaken into Carlson Gracie's adult team at 17, he won a UFC tournament at 19, an ADCC bronze in 2001 and the UFC light heavyweight title in 2004.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Graciemag, "Vitor Belfort — Campeão de MMA", entry in Graciemag's BJJ Pantheon (Panteão do BJJ) section, graciemag.com, undated.(opens in a new tab)
Graciemag gives Belfort's date of birth as 1 April 1977.
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Graciemag quotes Belfort as saying that speed brought him success, but that technique is the aspect of fighting that can never be neglected.
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According to Graciemag, Belfort put on his first jiu-jitsu gi at the Nova Geração academy in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro; as he grew bigger, his teacher Francisco Toco took him to Carlson Gracie to be refined, telling him that to become a lion a cub has to be among lions. Belfort accepted the idea and was immediately won over by Carlson.
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Graciemag writes that Belfort's first important jiu-jitsu title came in 1994, when he won gold as a juvenile blue belt at the CBJJ's first Brazilian Championship, and that by then he was already training boxing intensively.
Where in the source: Biographical text, third paragraph, first three sentences (the 1994 title and the boxing training)
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Graciemag says Belfort was already a jiu-jitsu black belt when he won the UFC 12 heavyweight tournament in 1997, at 19, by beating Tra Telligman and Scott Ferrozzo.
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Graciemag describes Belfort as one of the best-known black belts of the Carlson Gracie team and lists his main jiu-jitsu titles as the CBJJ Brazilian juvenile championship (1994) and the ADCC absolute bronze medal (2001).
Where in the source: Biographical text, first sentence, and the list of main titles
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Marcelo Alonso, "Vitor Belfort, From the Beginning — The Phenom Emerges" (page 1), Sherdog.com, 18 May 2015.(opens in a new tab)
At the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championships in November 1994, Belfort won gold medals in both the heavyweight and the absolute divisions for juvenile (under-18) blue belts.
Where in the source: Page 1, opening paragraph (Alonso's account of shooting the 1994 nationals), last sentence
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Marcelo Alonso, who was photographing the 1994 nationals, writes that Carlson Gracie pointed Belfort out to him during the semifinals and predicted that he would win both his weight division and the absolute.
Where in the source: Page 1, opening paragraph — Gracie's quoted prediction to the photographer
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Impressed by his talent and strength, Carlson Gracie made an exception after the 1994 nationals and allowed the 17-year-old Belfort to train with his adult team.
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Gracie's adult team at the time included Ricardo Libório, Murilo Bustamante, Wallid Ismail, Ricardo de la Riva and Mario Sperry, champions Belfort had grown up seeing on Brazilian jiu-jitsu magazine covers; the team was preparing for local vale tudo fights, many against luta livre rivals.
Where in the source: Page 1, second paragraph — the list of the adult team's champions
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Belfort had begun boxing with coach Claudio Coelho at the age of 12, and his rapid progress in no-gi training together with his boxing skills caught Carlson Gracie's attention.
Where in the source: Page 1, paragraph after the photo caption about 1994 — on how the team built the young fighter
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When Frederico Lapenda invited Carlson Gracie to open an academy in California, Gracie surprised his team by asking Belfort to come with him; the academy opened in West Hollywood.
Where in the source: Page 1, paragraph beginning with Lapenda's invitation to Gracie
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In California, Gracie invited big men he met to visit the academy and test themselves, and Belfort was one of the main fighters who faced them; Alonso writes that Belfort lost count of how many men he fought.
Where in the source: Page 1, paragraph on the West Hollywood academy — "lost count"
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Belfort told Sherdog that once, just after lunch, Gracie insisted he face a large wrestler who had come to the academy, asking whether he would let a man take his girlfriend in the street because his stomach was full; Belfort submitted the wrestler without throwing a punch.
Where in the source: Page 1, Belfort's quoted story about the wrestler who arrived after lunch
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Alonso writes that the California academy came to resemble Gracie's Copacabana headquarters, with few paying students and many local police officers and security guards training for free, and Belfort said Carlson's heart was huge, inviting any big man with fighting potential to train with them.
Where in the source: Page 1, paragraphs on the academy's finances and Belfort's quote about Gracie's generosity
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In 1996 Carlson Gracie presented Belfort as his adopted son, "Vitor Belfort Gracie"; Gracie told Alonso he was doing it as a marketing matter because the Gracie name was very strong in the United States.
Where in the source: Page 1, paragraph on Alonso's 1996 stay at Gracie's house in Los Angeles — "adopted son"
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At that time Belfort told Alonso that his goal was to conquer the UFC and show that the Gracie name reached beyond Royce Gracie's immediate family; he said Carlson had defended the Gracie name in vale tudo for 19 years without recognition and that he would fight to show how important Carlson Gracie was to martial arts.
Where in the source: Page 1, Belfort's quotes at the end of the first section
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On a trip to Hawaii, Belfort trained at the Relson Gracie academy, where, by his account, a no-gi session with visiting Pancrase fighters led to an invitation to face Jon Hess at SuperBrawl 2 on 11 October 1996, his professional MMA debut; Belfort knocked Hess out in 12 seconds.
Where in the source: Page 1, section on the Hawaii trip and the SuperBrawl 2 fight
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Four months after the Hess fight, Belfort, then weighing 215 pounds, entered the open-weight tournament at UFC 12 and won it by knocking out Tra Telligman and Scott Ferrozzo in about two minutes of combined fighting.
Where in the source: Page 1, first paragraph of the section on his UFC debut
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After the UFC 12 tournament Belfort became known by the nickname "The Phenom".
Where in the source: Page 1, first paragraph of the section on his UFC debut, third sentence
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In May 1997 Belfort stopped David "Tank" Abbott in under a minute.
Where in the source: Page 1, end of the first paragraph of the section on his UFC debut
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After three quick UFC wins, Belfort was seen as the top fighter from the Carlson Gracie camp; Belfort said that Gracie, without intending it, compared him with almost the whole team, and that the envy this created was hard to deal with.
Where in the source: Page 1, paragraph on sudden fame and Belfort's quote about the team
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Instead of hard sparring, Belfort took up bodybuilding-style training and grew to about 240 pounds; he met Randy Couture at UFC 15 on 17 October 1997 and lost by TKO at 8:16. Belfort later said sudden fame had affected him, that he had not really trained for the fight and had been sure of an easy win.
Where in the source: Page 1, paragraphs on complacency and the first Couture fight — "sudden fame"
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After a submission win over Joe Charles in December 1997, Belfort knocked out Wanderlei Silva in 44 seconds at UFC 17.5 in São Paulo.
Where in the source: Page 1, last two paragraphs before the section on the split with Gracie
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Belfort broke his hand during a Pride bout with Kazushi Sakuraba after a strong start; he said Gracie, who in his own era had fought bare-handed for hours on cement courts, could not accept that he fought worse with a broken hand.
Where in the source: Page 1, section on the split with Gracie — first two paragraphs
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On returning to Brazil teacher and student parted ways, and Belfort joined Brazilian Top Team, the new camp formed by Ricardo Libório, Mario Sperry, Murilo Bustamante and Bebeo Duarte, black belts who had left the Carlson Gracie team; Gracie was angered by the move, and in that period Belfort won four straight Pride fights, over Gilbert Yvel, Daijiro Matsui, Heath Herring and Bobby Southworth.
Where in the source: Page 1, section on the split with Gracie — the sentences on joining "Brazilian Top Team" and the four Pride wins that followed
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Marcelo Alonso, "Vitor Belfort, From the Beginning — Transcendent Figure" (page 2), Sherdog.com, 18 May 2015.(opens in a new tab)
At the end of 2001 Belfort appeared on the SBT reality show Casa dos Artistas, which made him even more famous in Brazil; afterwards he asked SBT owner Silvio Santos to broadcast a UFC event on Brazilian television for the first time, and his fight with Chuck Liddell at UFC 37.5 on 22 June 2002 was set up.
Where in the source: Page 2, opening sentence (the invitation to Casa dos Artistas) and the second paragraph (the request to Silvio Santos and the Liddell booking)
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Belfort said he had about three weeks to prepare for Liddell after two months without training, but knew the fight would be a turning point for the sport in Brazil; the late-night broadcast drew 11 rating points, almost twice Rede Globo's audience in the same slot, and although Belfort lost a unanimous decision, Alonso writes that the ratings showed MMA's potential on Brazilian television.
Where in the source: Page 2, Belfort's quote about the Liddell fight and the following paragraph on ratings
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After stopping Marvin Eastman in 67 seconds at UFC 43, Belfort earned a rematch with Randy Couture for the light heavyweight title at UFC 46 on 31 January 2004; as a heavy underdog he won by stoppage 49 seconds into the first round, which made him UFC light heavyweight champion.
Where in the source: Page 2, the sentences on the UFC 43 win over Eastman and on the UFC 46 result
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Couture won their third fight by third-round TKO and Belfort lost the title.
Where in the source: Page 2, paragraph beginning eight months after the title win
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Belfort later won the Cage Rage title with back-to-back wins over Ivan Serati and James Zikic, then fought as a middleweight for Affliction, knocking out Terry Martin and Matt Lindland.
Where in the source: Page 2, closing sentences on Cage Rage and Affliction, just before the section on his UFC return
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Belfort returned to the UFC at UFC 103, stopping former middleweight champion Rich Franklin with punches in just over three minutes, which made him the top contender for Anderson Silva's middleweight title.
Where in the source: Page 2, first paragraph of the section on his UFC return
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Anderson Silva beat Belfort at UFC 126 on 5 February 2011 with a front kick to the face and follow-up punches; Brazilian media sent 46 journalists to cover the fight, and Alonso describes the fight's popularity as the first step toward Rede Globo buying the UFC rights in Brazil.
Where in the source: Page 2, paragraphs on the Silva fight and its effect in Brazil
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After the Silva loss Belfort beat Yoshihiro Akiyama and Anthony Johnson and settled with the Blackzilians camp in Florida, explaining that Carlson Gracie had always told him that lions train with lions and that he needed a place with hard sparring.
Where in the source: Page 2, section on his UFC return — Belfort's quote "lions train with lions"
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In September 2012 Belfort challenged UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones; he threatened an early armbar but was submitted with a keylock in the fourth round.
Where in the source: Page 2, paragraph on the Jon Jones title fight — first two sentences
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UFC, "Vitor Belfort Named To UFC Hall Of Fame Class Of 2025", UFC.com, 11 May 2025.(opens in a new tab)
Belfort's last win was a unanimous decision over Nate Marquardt at UFC 212 in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro in 2017; he retired after losing by knockout to Lyoto Machida at UFC 224 in Rio on 12 May 2018.
Where in the source: End of the paragraph on his final UFC years
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Belfort holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Carlson Gracie.
Where in the source: Closing biographical paragraph (native of Rio de Janeiro) — "black belt under Carlson Gracie"
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UFC says Belfort began training in boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 12, had become a black belt under Carlson Gracie by the age of 18, and had won Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship titles in the absolute and heavyweight divisions.
Where in the source: Closing biographical paragraph (native of Rio de Janeiro), first two sentences
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In 2001 Belfort returned to grappling competition at the ADCC championships and won the bronze medal in the absolute division.
Where in the source: Closing biographical paragraph — "bronze medal"
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Belfort made his professional MMA debut at 19 on 11 October 1996 at SuperBrawl 2 in Hawaii, knocking out Jon Hess in 12 seconds despite a seven-inch height and roughly 100-pound weight disadvantage, and signed with UFC immediately afterwards.
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At UFC 12: Judgement Day on 7 February 1997 in Dothan, Alabama, Belfort entered the heavyweight tournament and won it with first-round TKOs of Tra Telligman and Scott Ferrozzo.
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At UFC 13 on 30 May 1997 in Augusta, Georgia, Belfort beat Tank Abbott by TKO in 52 seconds.
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UFC president Dana White said Belfort was 19 when UFC signed him and quickly became the youngest athlete to win a UFC fight and a UFC tournament, and called him a pioneer of the sport.
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Couture's win at UFC 15 on 17 October 1997 was Belfort's first professional loss; he then beat Joe Charles at UFC Japan on 21 December 1997 and Wanderlei Silva at UFC Brazil on 16 October 1998, taking his record to 6–1.
Where in the source: Paragraphs on UFC 15 and the two wins that followed
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Over the next three years Belfort won four of his five Pride fights, the only loss coming against Kazushi Sakuraba.
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The UFC 46 rematch with Randy Couture on 31 January 2004 in Las Vegas was stopped by the doctor 49 seconds into the first round, making Belfort UFC light heavyweight champion; he lost the title back to Couture by doctor stoppage in the third round at UFC 49 on 21 August 2004.
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After his return to UFC at UFC 103, Belfort fought for both the middleweight and the light heavyweight titles, losing to Anderson Silva and Jon Jones, and in the same period beat Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold, Dan Henderson and Anthony Johnson.
Where in the source: Paragraph on his final nine UFC years
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Over a 22-year MMA career Belfort had 41 fights and a record of 26 wins, 14 losses and one no contest; UFC credits him with 13 first-round finishes, the most in UFC history.
Where in the source: Paragraph on his record, and the resume list under the UFC heading
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UFC announced on 11 May 2025 that Belfort would be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2025 as the 20th member of its Pioneer Era Wing, which is for fighters who turned professional before the unified rules of 17 November 2000; the ceremony was scheduled for 26 June 2025 at T-Mobile Arena during International Fight Week.
Where in the source: Opening paragraphs of the announcement — "Pioneer Era Wing"
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Belfort's autobiography, "Vitor Belfort: Lições de garra, fé e sucesso", was published by Thomas Nelson Brasil in 2012; he also won both of his professional boxing matches, in 2006 and 2023.
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In 2013 Belfort's knockout of Luke Rockhold won Knockout of the Year at the Fighters Only World MMA Awards.
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UFC, "Vitor Belfort" athlete profile, UFC.com (bio panel).(opens in a new tab)
UFC's athlete profile lists Belfort under the nickname "The Phenom".
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UFC's athlete profile gives Belfort's place of birth as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and his Octagon debut as 7 February 1997.
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Wikipedia, "Vitor Belfort" (English), revision read 29 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
Belfort was born on 1 April 1977.
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Wikipedia describes Belfort as a Brazilian-American professional boxer and retired mixed martial artist, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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According to Wikipedia, Belfort entered two divisions at ADCC 2001: in the over-99 kg division he beat Hiroki Fukuda by rear-naked choke and lost on points to Mark Robinson; in the absolute division he beat Genki Sudo and Ricco Rodriguez on points, lost on points to Ricardo Arona in the semifinal, and won the bronze-medal match when Ricardo Almeida could not continue.
Where in the source: Grappling — ADCC Championships section, and the submission grappling record table
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Belfort was selected to coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil opposite Wanderlei Silva.
Where in the source: Third UFC run — The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil subsection, first sentence
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In boxing, Belfort won a professional bout by first-round knockout over Josemario Neves in Salvador in April 2006, beat Evander Holyfield by first-round TKO in an exhibition on 11 September 2021 in Hollywood, Florida, and won a professional bout against Ronaldo Souza by unanimous decision on 1 April 2023 in Milwaukee.
Where in the source: Boxing record tables (Professional and Exhibition)
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ADCC Federation, "ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship 2001", official results, adcombat.com.(opens in a new tab)
In the absolute division of the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship 2001 in Abu Dhabi (11 April 2001), Belfort placed third and took the bronze medal; Ricardo Arona won gold, Jean Jacques Machado silver, and Ricardo Almeida placed fourth.
Where in the source: 2001 Results table, Absolute division — the Bronze, 3rd place row
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Redação Graciemag, "20 years ago: Carlson Gracie walks Vitor Belfort through an armbar in the UFC", Graciemag, 23 December 2017.(opens in a new tab)
At UFC Japan in Yokohama on 21 December 1997, the UFC's first event in Japan, the 20-year-old Belfort beat American wrestler and judoka Joe Charles without throwing a punch: he closed the distance, took Charles down, worked through transitions and finished with an armbar about four minutes into the first round.
Where in the source: Article body, first three paragraphs and the closing paragraph (the armbar four minutes into round one)
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Graciemag notes that on the tape of the Joe Charles fight Carlson Gracie can be heard right next to the microphone, giving precise instructions and repeatedly telling Belfort to use only jiu-jitsu.
Where in the source: Article body, paragraph on the fight tape — "only use jiu-jitsu"
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BJJEE, "Vitor Belfort: 'When Carlson Promoted Me To Black Belt at 17, Everyone Criticized Him'", bjjee.com, 7 November 2019 (quoting an interview with Tatame magazine).(opens in a new tab)
Belfort told Tatame magazine that Carlson Gracie gave him his black belt when he was 17, that people criticised Gracie for it, saying Belfort had never competed, and that Gracie answered by inviting the critics to come and train with Belfort and see for themselves; Belfort argued that someone with proper technique in the gi can deserve a black belt without being a champion.
Where in the source: Belfort's quote under "About his own black belt promotion"
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BJJEE, "Vitor Belfort on BJJ Worlds", bjjee.com, 8 April 2015 (quoting an interview with Tatame magazine).(opens in a new tab)
Belfort never competed at the jiu-jitsu World Championship; he told Tatame he had always been against paying to enter a tournament whose winners received no prize money, arguing that jiu-jitsu is a professional sport and that a medal does not pay the rent.
Where in the source: Belfort's first quoted answer, on why he never entered the World Championship
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Gleidson Venga, "The Brazilian Notebook", Sherdog.com, 14 February 2007.(opens in a new tab)
In early 2007 Belfort moved back to Rio de Janeiro from Belo Horizonte to train full time with the newly formed Black House team, saying he wanted to show a more mature and more technical fighter.
Where in the source: First item, on Belfort's plans for 2007 — its opening sentence and his quote about a more mature fighter
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Belfort told Sherdog that he had been on speaking terms with his former coach Carlson Gracie before Gracie died in February 2006, and that had Gracie lived they would certainly have been together again.
Where in the source: First item, the sentences on his former coach Carlson Gracie
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Redação Graciemag, "From Paquetá's vault: Vitor Belfort's mount at the '94 Brazilian Nationals", Graciemag, 5 September 2019.(opens in a new tab)
Graciemag published archival footage from Osvaldo Paquetá's collection showing a blue-belt Belfort at the CBJJ's 1994 Brazilian National Championship, held at the Akxe academy in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro; Graciemag describes him, with tips from Carlson Gracie, passing the guard of Marco "Negão" (Brazilian Fight), taking the back, moving to the mount and finishing with a choke from the top.
Where in the source: Article body, second and third paragraphs
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Redação Graciemag, "What world champ Durinho learned from training Jiu-Jitsu with Vitor Belfort", Graciemag, 20 January 2012.(opens in a new tab)
Gilbert "Durinho" Burns, then the reigning lightweight jiu-jitsu world champion, worked at Belfort's Las Vegas training camp for his UFC 142 fight with Anthony Johnson; Burns said he was both a jiu-jitsu coach and an apprentice there, in a camp where Georges St-Pierre, Dominick Cruz and other UFC fighters also trained.
Where in the source: Introduction and Durinho's first quote (the camp where he was coach and apprentice)
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Redação Graciemag, "The lesson in humility and Jiu-Jitsu Vitor Belfort taught Jon Jones", Graciemag, 24 September 2012.(opens in a new tab)
At UFC 152 in Toronto in September 2012, Belfort came close to submitting light heavyweight champion Jon Jones with a first-round armbar; Graciemag wrote that the black belt had worked on his guard, and Jones said afterwards that Belfort had him second-guessing himself and that he needed to embrace jiu-jitsu more.
Where in the source: First two paragraphs and Jones's second press-conference quote ("second-guessing")
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BJJEE, "Joe Rogan Was a White Belt Under Vitor Belfort at Carlson Gracie BJJ Gym in Los Angeles", bjjee.com, 10 April 2024 (quoting the JAXXON Podcast).(opens in a new tab)
On the JAXXON Podcast, as reported by BJJEE, Belfort said that Joe Rogan had been a white belt he taught at the Carlson Gracie gym in West Hollywood after Rogan moved to Los Angeles, and described him as humble and eager to learn; in his own recollection, quoted in the same article, Rogan said he started jiu-jitsu around 1996 at Carlson Gracie's academy in Hollywood, where Belfort trained as he was making his UFC debut, and that he learned from the gym's coaches.
Where in the source: Belfort's quotes in the opening paragraphs; Rogan's quote near the end
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Redação Graciemag, "UFC: Faixas-pretas recordam período em que Vitor Belfort e Jacaré treinaram juntos", Graciemag, 13 April 2016.(opens in a new tab)
In March 2005, preparing for his Pride middleweight (93 kg) Grand Prix fight with Alistair Overeem in Osaka, Belfort held a three-week camp in Teresópolis at facilities lent by Adilson "Bitta" Lima of the Pitbull academy; Ronaldo "Jacaré" Souza, then a two-time absolute jiu-jitsu world champion, was brought in to help with takedowns and the ground game.
Where in the source: Second to fourth paragraphs (March 2005 camp, Teresópolis, three weeks) and the paragraph naming Bitta as leader of the Pitbull academy
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Erik Wanderley, a Gracie Barra BH jiu-jitsu champion who took part in the 2005 camp, recalled that the training was built around Belfort's needs, with partners resting in turn so that he always faced a fresh sparring partner, and said he had seen few fighters as professional as Belfort; camp members recalled that Belfort, then close to 100 kg, still beat everyone, Jacaré included, in the running and sprint sessions.
Where in the source: Erik Wanderley's quotes, fourth and seventh paragraphs
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Graciemag describes Belfort as a black belt from Rio de Janeiro under Carlson Gracie.
Where in the source: Paragraph on his weight in 2005 — the phrase naming him Carlson Gracie's black belt from Rio
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Graciemag Newsroom, "A principal lição que Vitor Belfort aprendeu no Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, UFC", Graciemag, 17 September 2020 (interview from 2017).(opens in a new tab)
In a 2017 Graciemag interview, Belfort, then 40, said that when he trains he often feels like a white belt, a beginner in jiu-jitsu and an amateur in boxing, always an apprentice; that the secret is never to settle; and that for the sport to evolve people must share knowledge, since nobody knows so much that they cannot learn, nor so little that they cannot teach.
Where in the source: Answer to the question on how his mind works in training
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Asked whether training jiu-jitsu from an early age had helped his boxing, Belfort answered that it certainly had, describing MMA as a combination of martial arts in which knowing the exact moment to join striking, takedowns and ground work matters more than tactics, and comparing it to chess, where the next move is what counts.
Where in the source: Answer to the question on jiu-jitsu and boxing
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Belfort said the main lesson of his career was that everything passes and fame is fleeting, so it matters to choose well the people around you.
Where in the source: Answer to the first question, on his biggest lesson
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Competition results
| Year | Event | Result | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ADCC 2001Source: adcombat.comAbsoluteNo-giVerified | 3rd place | AbsoluteNo-giVerified |
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