Originally slated to face Oscar De La Hoya, Vitor Belfort overcame a last-minute opponent change to come out victorious against the legendary boxer Evander Holyfield.
Here’s what the rest of the MMA community had to say about the fight:
Happy for vitor but man IT sucks to see HOLYFIELD like that.
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) September 12, 2021
The year I born Evander Holyfield was winning medal in the Olympic game. Much respect. See him in the ring today was an inspiration.
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) September 12, 2021
And like that it’s over @vitorbelfort showing he is still very dangerous wonder if @OscarDeLaHoya still wants the fight with Belfort after seeing he still has the power? We could keep this boxing vs Mma going would be a honor to box ODLH @trillerfight
— Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) September 12, 2021
This hurts my soul… we shouldn’t have seen a 58 year old Holyfield in the ring. Would definitely rather it have been Oscar lol. #HolyfieldBelfort
— Adrian Yanez (@yanezmma) September 12, 2021
Sad to see Holyfield moving like that in a ring….but happy he didn’t get hurt. He looks great physically and is going home with a bag. Happy for that.#holyfieldvsbelfort
— Arjan Singh Bhullar (@TheOneASB) September 12, 2021