Vitor Belfort has been offered a bout with Nate Marquardt, “a source close to the Brazilian” tells Fighter’s Only. The fight, which presumably will take place sometime in the winter or spring of 2010, would bridge the gap while Belfort awaits his promised title shot against Anderson Silva, who has been recovering from recent elbow surgery.
If true, it’s terrific. Belfort needs to get on some solid middleweight footing after dropping Rich Franklin in a so-what 195-pound tussle in September. Meantime,…
