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After several provocations from both sides, Popó Freitas accepted Vitor Belfort’s challenge for a boxing match. The four-time champion made the announcement on his social networks on Thursday night (21).
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“I keep getting challenges and one of them was from Vitor Belfort. He’s a guy who’s out of touch, who’s a mess in the fighting world, who nobody likes, nobody likes this insufferable guy, and he challenged me, talking garbage, he started talking about my personal life, even my aesthetics. He started off like Bambam. And because he started like Bambam, he’s going to fall like Bambam! I accept your challenge and I’m going to get you. You can wait,” said Popó.
???????????? Popó backtracked and decided to take on Vítor Belfort’s challenge pic.twitter.com/qTzj2ERenB
– FutbooBR ???????? (@FutbooBR) March 21, 2024
In 48-year-old Acelino Popó Freitas’ last bout, last Saturday (23), against businessman Guilherme Grillo, at the Danki Fight Show, the four-time champion knocked out another exhibition fight with ease. In his penultimate fight, at Fight Music Show 4 in February, the boxer knocked out Kleber Bambam in 36 seconds.
Belfort, one of the biggest Brazilian names in the history of MMA, had his last professional fight in May 2018, where he was knocked out by Lyoto Machida. Since then, the former middleweight and heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Since then, he has fought twice in the noble art, beating Evander Holyfield in 2021 and Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza in 2023.