[techstandup]

i agree with most of the people whove already posted. hes just fun to watch. all of his early fights were so explosive. hes brazilian hes got great standup hes a black belt in bjj and hes got a good personality. (sounds a lot like wandy). hes just an easy guy to like. plus hes got some class.

[buster06]

i like watching him to see what vitor comes out to fight the vitor does nothing or the vitor will punch your lights out

[XzSaGe]

That handspeed.. deadly, ask Marvin Eastman

lol sry Marvin had to watch it on tv like the rest of us. That man was out well before the fists came he just didnt know it. Right about when that Knee smacked him in the face his lights were dimming.

[rajuman]

vitor rules forever

[soto88]

when vitor is on he is on....like couture said if u catch him on the wrong day he's hell on wheels..

[Falked]

Originally Posted by UBCshocker

and leben, the crow, arlovski, they arent really the kind of fighters people stick with, couture, vitor, tito, silva, and others, those are the kind of fighters people tend to stay with.

maybe that makes sense to everyone else, sounded good in my head

yes but why? because .....

[bigvictheman89]

Originally Posted by MontisVerdes

In MMA, bandwagons are filled up and abandoned quicker than any other sport. Leben's badwagon is empty and weather beaten in the middle of the desert. Same with Arlovski. Same with The Crow. Same with countless others who have lost a fight.

Why does Vitor's bandwagon keep rolling so strongly? He hasn't done much in three years or more, yet his fans stay so loyal to him. This is very interesting to me, and very uncommon in the world of MMA.

Vitor is more like a football team whose fans follow through the bad years, just hoping the team is going to turn it around.

Discuss?

I'm proud to say we are amongst the most loyal fans in MMA. Vitor has had alot of events effect his mma career: his sister going missing then being found killed, being owned by Randy twice didn't help, and losing a decision to Tito which i adamantly believe Vitor got screwed on. I know he isn't what he used to be, but no matter what I'll be rooting for him.

I'll die a vitor fan.

[SakuNuthugger]

I have a theory:

I think Vitor's bandwagon feeds off his mental strength, thus leaving him in the state he's been in for the most part of recent years...every once in a while the bandwagon grows thin because of too many consecutive losses or bad showings and we get to see the so called "Old Vitor" for one fight (like in the Eastman or Takahashi fights) and then the bandwagon reaches full power again and Vitor goes back to "New Vitor".

Like a reverse "Hulkamania"...

Ps. Don't take this post too seriously, I'm a Vitor-fan myself Ds.

[GPS]

Originally Posted by MajorDoofy

Explaining the Vitor Phenomenon in Two Easy Steps:

1) He kicked a lot of ass early in his career.
2) People remember the early part of his career.

And if he were to get after it he could probably do it again, but his time is running out

[lostdog000]

the mst likeable thing about vitor is that hes good at everything in fighting

when he 1st came to the ufc he ko'd everyone with fast hands and he was a bjj bb already at 19

hes a natural. plus being ripped and handsome makes alotta guys like him too.heterosexuals even.