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Trainer Speaks On Vitor Belfort v. Anderson Silva

Posted by Vegas Martin in UFC News on Thursday, January 27th, 2011

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Famed Brazilian boxing coach Luis Carlos Dórea, who will be taking part in the next season of The Ultimate Fighter as the boxing coach on Team dos Santos, gives his thoughts on the upcoming middleweight showdown between Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva as he has had experience training the fighters:

“I’ve trained Vitor, I like him, he has a privileged technical condition, but Anderson is on a better moment. He has fought five-round-fights many times and he’s technically pretty good too, he has the power on his hands. It’ll be the fight of the century, and the good thing is that both athletes are Brazilians. Vitor has a great technique, but Anderson’s a phenomenon. He can punch you walking forwards of backwards, when he’s defending himself or counter attacking. Vitor is talented on Boxing, but Anderson is better conditioned than him.”