UFC 126: Shawn Tompkins Talks Vitor Belfort - "Vitor Isn’t Loyal to Anybody"

Shawn Tompkins says he's no longer training Vitor Belfort in an interview with Mauro Ranallo on The Fight Show (right click save as):

MAURO RANALLO: "What about Vitor Belfort? I know that you were helping him prepare for his fight against Anderson Silva. Now, he’s at Xtreme Couture, your former home base, talk of him recruiting Mike Tyson to help him prepare for Anderson Silva. What is your relationship with Belfort and why won’t you be in his corner?"

SHAWN TOMPKINS: "Well, you know, Vitor has done this before. Vitor sometimes, he gets a little clouded in his head. It’s not that he brought in Mike Tyson or anything like that. Vitor just wanders, you know, and he goes where, you know, what’s happening, what’s famous, what’s popular and he’ll go over there and Mike Tyson isn’t teaching him anything. Neither is the other eight gyms that he’s training at. Just because he’s over at Couture’s and not with me doesn’t mean he’s with Couture’s. Vitor isn’t loyal to anybody. We’ve seen it before."

MAURO RANALLO: "I do sense some acrimony. Are you then not on good terms with Vitor right now?"

SHAWN TOMPKINS: "I hope for the best for him, but you know for a guy who told me about respect, loyalty, and God and all this stuff for so many years, he sure did prove the opposite. So, we’ll see. Best of luck to him. Best of luck to Anderson, as well."

HT: transcribed by Fight Opinion