READ MORE:<\/strong> Fight world concerned for Evander Holyfield's welfare after 'uncomfortable' training clip<\/a><\/p>\n Holyfield dropped to the mat on multiple occasions in the short encounter, first slipping, before being knocked down again following a swift left uppercut from Belfort. <\/p>\n After getting back to his feet, the former world champion was once again subjected to a fearsome barrage from his Brazillian opponent before the referee intervened. <\/p>\n The bout was Holyfield's first since 2011 and despite claiming that he'd been "training hard for months" and looking in fantastic physical shape for someone of his age, the fight left fans fearing for the boxing icon's safety.<\/p>\n "Evander Holyfield is turning 59 years old next month," tweeted ex-ESPN reporter Arash Markazi. <\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Michael Schumacher's wife breaks down discussing legend's near-fatal skiing accident<\/a><\/p>\n "He hasn't fought in 10 years. He wasn't scheduled to fight as of two weeks ago. Whoever sanctioned this should be arrested."<\/p>\n Former UFC champion Chris Weidman also chimed in, tweeting: "Happy for Vitor but man it sucks to see Holyfield like that".<\/p>\n The bout attracted some notoriety in the lead-up after former US President Donald Trump was announced as a guest commentator, and even Trump was confused with what he saw.<\/p>\n "You could see right from the beginning he was not the same fighter," Trump said. "He had lost a lot. That left jab was very slow.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndreasHale\/status\/1436874411013906436<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/chelseatorrestv\/status\/1436874960102952960<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SIChrisMannix\/status\/1436892857420353540<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexM_talkSPORT\/status\/1436874735216955393<\/a><\/p>\n "We said from the first minute you could see immediately that that was not Evander. There was no snap."<\/p>\n "It's so unusual to see because we have watched him for a big part of our lives just win."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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