Belfort: MMA should not become like F-1 racing

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                    <p>Vitor Belfort's UFC&nbsp;debut was in 1997; he was 19 years old. He swept the four-man tournament in 130 seconds.</p>

The sport has changed since then, and in his opinion, it is not all for the good. However, in era when fighters go through long camps designed to defeat a single opponent, Belfort jumped at the chance to fight UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in October, although he had been in training to fight at Middleweight.

“It was right away when I received the invitation,” Belfort told MMAWeekly.com when asked how fast he accepted the fight with Jones. “I just saw it as great opportunity for my career. I said to Lorenzo and Dana  that I was ready if they needed me, and then they requested me.”

“I believe the fight world became a little complicated and fighters today have this mentality that things run on their time. Can you imagine in my era, they just throw you a pair of gloves and put you in an open weight tournament. Today you need a strategy, a camp, based on the opponent that you fight, and this way they are never ready for short notice fights."

“I’m not denying that the level and the techniques have improved, but we have to be careful to not become like a Formula 1."

“In the beginning, it was the driver that was important. Today is the car and technology that wins the race. The driver is secondary in the process. Fighters have to be ready to fight any time. Of course the ones who are in a recovery process from an injury are an exception, and this is acceptable.”

“You cannot take away the business part because we make our living off of the fight but we need to have our roots in what we are: fighters!”

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F1 you say?



inbeforeCrooklyn


That's a pretty good analogy. When Vitor speaks we listen! Phone Post

I agree 100% with vitor. I still like f1 but I liked more in the past Phone Post

I disagree with old school

Hmmmmm... Vitor is a good man. Always makes solid and valid points... Experience does it's own thing especially when you're strong spiritually and this is a fascinating aspect.

F1 is have a good season. Right now at least 4 drivers can win the WDC. Phone Post

Vitor most likely had Aryton Senna in mind when he made that analogy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfosF-ZAbR4

That's the problem with the New Lions. Phone Post

the problem with his argument is that he also said that he saw this fight as a great opportunity for his career, so he accepted it asap... if he accepted this fight with this reasoning, then it opens it up for another fighter to decline the fight because in their opinion it is not a favorable career move... neither is less of a fighter, and the old school/ new school comparison is unnecessary... in the end the choice is based on furthering one's career... a business choice...

Crooklyn - 
rumble_fish - Vitor most likely had Aryton Senna in mind when he made that analogy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfosF-ZAbR4


Exactly, and who can blame him with the fan following Ayrton had. Realistically though, Michael Schumacher is arguably the most dominant F-1 driver in history.  

They were almost equal in winning.. once every 3 starts for their career, although Schumacher had more races.

NotImpressedByYourScreenName - 
Crooklyn -
rumble_fish - Vitor most likely had Aryton Senna in mind when he made that analogy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfosF-ZAbR4

Exactly, and who can blame him with the fan following Ayrton had. Realistically though, Michael Schumacher is arguably the most dominant F-1 driver in history.  

Schumacher's legacy is forever tainted. The comeback has sealed it.

He could only win a championship when he had a full team behind him, a second driver employed purely to give him more points, a tyre manufacturer (Bridgestone) making tyres just for him while Michelin made tyres to suit the rest of the grid etc.

They had to change so many rules to prevent MS winning unfairly, most notably banning team orders to stop him having his team mates repeatedly let him past during the race.

What happens when you take those things away? He finishes 10th or DNF's and looks like a jackass. Look how well Kimi is doing since coming back compared to Schumacher.

Schumacher is a good driver but a proven cheat who has been disqualified from an entire championship for deliberately driving into another driver.

Not even close to being GOAT. How does a GOAT get spanked by his team mate week in and week out in the same car...doesn't hold a candle to Senna. Phone Post


 

Schumacher is "Not even close to being the GOAT"?

and your justification is, "he was a cheat"?



"cheat" or not 7 WCs is insane...

 I thought this was about the convention of circling ccw against righties.

 Americans are confused by this reference to a global sport........

Crooklyn - 
NotImpressedByYourScreenName - 
Crooklyn -
rumble_fish - Vitor most likely had Aryton Senna in mind when he made that analogy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfosF-ZAbR4

Exactly, and who can blame him with the fan following Ayrton had. Realistically though, Michael Schumacher is arguably the most dominant F-1 driver in history.  

Schumacher's legacy is forever tainted. The comeback has sealed it.

He could only win a championship when he had a full team behind him, a second driver employed purely to give him more points, a tyre manufacturer (Bridgestone) making tyres just for him while Michelin made tyres to suit the rest of the grid etc.

They had to change so many rules to prevent MS winning unfairly, most notably banning team orders to stop him having his team mates repeatedly let him past during the race.

What happens when you take those things away? He finishes 10th or DNF's and looks like a jackass. Look how well Kimi is doing since coming back compared to Schumacher.

Schumacher is a good driver but a proven cheat who has been disqualified from an entire championship for deliberately driving into another driver.

Not even close to being GOAT. How does a GOAT get spanked by his team mate week in and week out in the same car...doesn't hold a candle to Senna. Phone Post


While I can see your thinking, the point is, he DID win more races/championships, therefore he is the most dominant driver. Period.



Nobody ever said anything about GOAT except you. IMO, Ayrton is the GOAT because of the legend that surrounded him, the way he conducted himself off the grid. His charity work with underprivileged kids was amazing.  

Surely Aryton's brilliance in a more competitive era give him the GOAT status, not charity work. I actually like Shumacher, but he was dominant at a time when Ferrari was head and shoulders above everyone else. Remember how many times Rubens Barichello podiumed for the drivers championship? Several times, at least. Barichello was never a great driver on other teams, but with the Ferrari's in the late 90's/early noughties, it was not really the same.

Alright, just felt like putting that out there. Vitor is probably incorrect though, engineers can only do so much for a fighter, as compared to a driver.