Bleacher Report’s Dale De Souza:
I’ve been thinking about this for weeks, but until now I hadn’t had the time to get it out in the open.
Considering how quickly we’ll be closing in on UFC 131 after this Saturday’s UFC 129 event, I figured now would be a good time to talk about one Chris Weidman.
Remember Weidman—the guy who was brought into the UFC as a replacement for Maiquel Falcao and was supposed to get smashed by Alessio Sakara?
He wound up dominating Sakara for the majority of the bout and was instantly put on the map as a guy to keep both eyes on in the UFC’s otherwise-cleared-out middleweight division.
He gets relative newcomer Jesse Bongfeldt at UFC 131 in what should be an entertaining fight—one that was supposed to be Court McGee’s fight before an injury took McGee out of the picture temporarily.
This has led me to draw out a scenario that may or may not work at this point in Weidman’s UFC run, but nonetheless, I find that while it might stylistically be a nightmare for Weidman. It could also wind up being an action-packed encounter that might be a candidate for Fight of The Year.