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Vitor Belfort (UFC 12, 1997)
When Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort stepped into the UFC Octagon for the first time in 1997, he was just 19 years old with no known weaknesses. He’d deliver on the hype, dispatching Tra Telligman and Scott Ferrozzo in two minutes flat to claim the heavyweight tournament crown.
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