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Evans: Belfort will shock the world against Jones

ESPN staff
August 29, 2012
Vitor Belfort has stepped in for Dan Henderson to face Jon Jones © Getty Images
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Vitor Belfort will use all of his experience to score a shock victory over Jon Jones at UFC 152, according to Rashad Evans.

Belfort has stepped in to face the UFC light-heavyweight champion after Dan Henderson was forced out due to injury.

And Evans, who lost to Jones in April, feels that the 35-year-old Belfort has one last big performance left in him.

"You just get back to old Vitor and some of the things that made him successful before. And I think that's how you beat Jon Jones," Evans told Pro MMA Radio. "You know, Vitor has a wealth of knowledge and some of the things he does and some of the things he knows he really doesn't ultimately do every single time he fights.

"Since he's been in the UFC he's been trying to find his way a little bit, he had a few injuries and stuff like that, so I think he's going to try to find his rhythm, but ultimately I think it's about where he's been training and how comfortable he's been with his training partners and stuff.

"And I feel now he's in a good place. He has a lot of great training partners and he has a team that is going to be all about him and all about him getting the belt and getting the title. I think Vitor is going to shock the world. That's what I really think. I think he's going to shock the world. I think that he's going to bring something different that Jon hasn't seen."

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