Vitor ended that winning streak around may 2001 I believe, and a couple of months after that Wanderlei won the title. Vitor was then in contract negotiations that didn't go well so he left to the UFC later on in 2002. There was a lot of time for Wand to seek out a rematch against Belfort at that time. Instead of fighting like 5 total cans in the meantime, most of them titlefights, maybe he should have pushed for a rematch against Belfort since he always wanted it, and Pride FC could have kept Belfort by offering him a hyped up rematch against Silva for the title in 2001/02. Why all of this failed, you tell me.
So yes you were out of bounds earlier when you claimed Vitor wasn't worthy for a titleshot against Wand. You forget about the early 00s before Vitor's family tragedy happened.