(This story appeared in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) Brazilian fighter Vitor Belfort isn’t the type of person to ask for something he doesn’t think he deserves. Right now, though, he thinks he deserves a shot at the UFC’s middleweight title. “I don’t think it’s time to ask; I think it’s time to earn,” Belfort (23-10 MMA, 12-6 UFC) tells USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “That’s my ethic in life. Life is about earning. Sometimes in life, you look at very rich guys who have been given everything, and they wind up crashing.