Anderson Silva says Vitor Belfort “broke the code” by agreeing to fight him

UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva has attempted to explain his frosty attitude towards the last man he faced inside the octagon, Vitor Belfort, explaining his fellow Brazilian “broke the code” between them after spending time together training in Brazil.
Speaking via Fighters Only Magazine, Silva said:

“Vitor trained a long time in our team. Team Nogueira. And we have a code of honour under which we will not fight each other. We spend much more time together than with our own families. Team Nogueira is the product of what Rodrigo has always taught, which is to help one another and always be one united family.”

“Vitor spent a lot of time with us – a long time training with us, we opened the door of our home to him. And he broke this code [by agreeing to fight me]. He went his own way; I have nothing against Vitor but he went his own way.”

Silva promptly knocked out Belfort when they met earlier this month, landing a front kick to the face which sent his opponent crashing to the mat in the very first round. Silva will now wait on the result of the welterweight title fight in April between Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields before finding out the identity of his next opponent.