CHICAGO – It was just a little more than a week ago that UFC
middleweight prospect Chris Weidman got the call he,
for some unknown reason, expected to get.
“I just had a feeling that somebody was going to get hurt and I was
going to get a big opportunity,” Weidman said at Wednesday’s pre-UFC on
FOX 2 workouts.
And so Weidman agreed to fill in on short notice and face Demian Maia on the main card of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 event in
Chicago. Of course, there was the small issue of the 31 pounds he
needed to lose.