Vitor Belfort declared on the Helwani Show on Monday, December 17, 2018, that he will be coming out of retirement to do boxing.
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Vitor Belfort is regarded as one of the most successful MMA fighters in history. The memorable battles that the Brazilian knockout artist and former UFC light heavyweight champion had with Anderson Silva, Randy Couture, and Jon Jones made him famous. He is among the most successful MMA fighter in Brazil, but neither he nor his wife lags far behind. She is a successful entrepreneur and a former model. Joana Prado, who was born in Sao Paulo in 1974, began modeling for commercial firms while still in college. Joana and Belfort got together in 2000, but their relationship ended. But on a reality program in 2002, they got back together after a brief separation, and they’ve been going strong ever since. Their oldest son attends the University of Alabama on a football scholarship, and the couple has three kids in all.
| Name | Joana Prado |
| Known as | Joana |
| Profession | Entrepreneur, Model |
| DOB | June 22, 1976 |
| Birthplace | São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 5ft 6in |
| Weight | 58 kg |
| Hair Colour | Blonde |
| Husband | Vitor Belfort |
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Belfort was born and reared in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and started boxing training with Claudio Coelho when he was 12 years old. Later, Belfort received his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from Carlson Gracie. At the Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championships, where he won the Absolute and Heavyweight championships for blue belts under the age of 18, Gracie discovered Belfort. Gracie’s gym was where Belfort, who was 17 at the time, was asked to participate. There, he trained with people like Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Loborio, Ricardo De La Riva, Mario Sperry, and Wallid Ismail.
After that, Vitor went on to compete in the PRIDE Fighting Championships of Japan. In 1999, he faced Kazushi Sakuraba for the first time. Prior to Sakuraba scoring a takedown, Vtor had the upper hand in the opening seconds of the match. He was trampled and kicked by Sakuraba for the remainder of the battle while lying on his back. After the bout, he began working out with the Brazilian Top Team instead of Carlson Gracie.
Alistair Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, Daijiro Matsui, Bobby Southworth, and Heath Herring were among the opponents he faced in the PRIDE fight. With the exception of his bout with Southworth, which he won by rear-naked choke in the first round, Belfort employed less of his stand-up striking abilities in these battles and instead dominated the action and prevailed using ground-and-pound strategies. However, he fought Alistair Overeem in the first round of the 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix and was defeated via guillotine choke.
