Vitor Belfort

Vitor Belfort is one of those fighters who burned so bright so early that you almost had to squint — he burst onto the UFC scene as a teenager out of Rio de Janeiro and knocked people out so fast it felt like a glitch in the simulation. "The Phenom" nickname wasn't hype; it was accurate. His hands were genuinely some of the most explosive in MMA history, and watching him unload in those early fights was like watching a highlights reel happening in real time. He had an incredibly long career spanning Heavyweight all the way down to Middleweight, and even transitioned into professional boxing later on. Yeah, there were controversies along the way, and his record had its share of rough patches, but the guy competed at the elite level for over two decades — that alone commands respect.

Name (English)

Vitor Belfort

Name (Japanese)

ビクトー・ベウフォート

Reading

びくとー・べうふぉーと

Born

April 1, 1977 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height

183 cm

Occupation

boxer / judoka / mixed martial arts fighter / karateka

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://vitorbelfort.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/vitorbelfort/
• Xhttps://x.com/vitorbelfort
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A6%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88

Tags

• Rio de Janeiro
• boxer
• judoka
• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.