Vitor Belfort Nearly Became UFC's First Three-Division Champion in 2015

Vitor Belfort went into his UFC 187 middleweight title challenge against Chris Weidman so confident of victory that he produced commemorative T-shirts pre-declaring himself a three-division champion. Belfort entered the fight on a 5-1 run that included finishes of Anthony Johnson, Luke Rockhold, Michael Bisping, and Dan Henderson, but Weidman survived an early onslaught and stopped him by TKO. Now, Alex Pereira is pursuing the same historic three-belt achievement at the same age of 38, though this time entering his fight as the favourite.