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Damn I thought Romero was natural black excellence :wow:
Like Lombard he never passed the eye test for me but the fact he never got popped made me take a step back. Now I am just waiting for RDA or Rockhold before I go into a depression :mjcry:
 

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UFC SVP Says Vitor Belfort Didn’t Duck Anderson Silva Rematch At UFC 197
UFC Senior Vice President Giovanni Decker explained in an interview with Combate this week that Belfort turned down the fight, but not necessarily because he was ducking a rematch Silva. Here’s what Decker had to say about why UFC changed their plans for Silva vs. Belfort 2:

“With the card losing a title fight as big as that one, we thought this card would fit better at the Arena, no longer at a soccer stadium,” Decker said.

“But we couldn’t get the deal done with Vitor Belfort. Anderson accepted the fight, but Vitor decided to wait to see what would happen in the fight between Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold (at UFC 194), and he was right because Rockhold won and called him out at the UFC 194 post-fight press conference, which was a good sign for him.”

“Many people said Vitor didn’t want this fight, and that wasn’t the truth. He wants it, he made it clear it will happen at some time, but for him, thinking about his career and what he has ahead of him at this moment, this fight wouldn’t make sense. We were running out of time, and the UFC needed to announce the UFC 196 main event in Las Vegas. That’s why the fight between Werdum and Velasquez ended up there.”
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