Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort will retire after his next fight, which he would like to come at UFC 212.
The fighter recently suggested that he would like to fight former professional wrestler turned pro MMA fighter CM Punk in that retirement fight.
MMA fans harshly criticized the fighter for apparently wanting an easy opponent in his last ever fight.
Belfort took to Instagram to respond to the fan criticisms:
A soon retiring Belfort last fought at UFC Fight Night 106, where he suffered a first round knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum.
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