Vitor Belfort nearly became UFC's first three-division champion at UFC 187

In 2015, Vitor Belfort entered his UFC 187 middleweight title fight against Chris Weidman believing so strongly in victory that he had commemorative T-shirts printed declaring himself a three-division champion. Belfort started the fight aggressively, opening a cut with a knee and landing heavy strikes against the cage, but Weidman weathered the pressure, scored a takedown, and finished him with ground-and-pound. The piece draws a parallel to Alex Pereira's current bid to become only the second fighter in UFC history to challenge for a third divisional title, at the same age of 38.