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Chris Weidman Says He’ll Win Both Middleweight & Light Heavyweight Titles

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman may be on a three-fight losing streak inside the octagon, but he isn’t letting it get in the way of some lofty goals still to accomplish in MMA. The 32-year-old Upstate New York native appeared on this week’s edition of The MMA Hour to discuss his future, which at one time looked

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Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman may be on a three-fight losing streak inside the octagon, but he isn’t letting it get in the way of some lofty goals still to accomplish in MMA.

The 32-year-old Upstate New York native appeared on this week’s edition of The MMA Hour to discuss his future, which at one time looked like it would see Weidman as one of the all-time greats but has now been cast into doubt following consecutive defeats to Luke Rockhold, Yoel Romero, and Gegard Mousasi.

That hasn’t wavered the brash middleweight’s confidence, however, as he made an extremely bold claim about where his career will end when asked if he had any doubts about himself:

“Definitely not. No. I’m a hundred percent on track to do everything I said I was going to do. So I’m going to win the belt at middleweight and then I’ll go up to 205 and win the belt there after I dominate middleweight for a little bit, so that will happen.”

Weidman was last seen losing an incredibly controversial second-round TKO to Mousasi at April 8’s UFC 210 from Buffalo, New York, a bout where Weidman was given five minutes to recover from what referee Dan Miragliotta deemed was an illegal knee. Instant replay, which is apparently legal for MMA in the still-acclimating state of New York, showed he actually had his hands off the mat at the time, making Mousasi’s knee legal and resulting in a TKO win for “The Dreamcatcher” when Weidman was deemed unfit to continue by cageside doctors.

So despite his championship aspirations, Weidman knows he has to start back at square one, and he hopes that Mousasi will grant him the rematch he first said he would but soon changed his tune about after UFC 210. Weidman views it as a proving ground for both fighters to prove they are the truly better man without a confusion or controversy interfering with the outcome:

“But one step at a time, first we have to fight whoever pretty soon, hopefully Mousasi, get that done. Hopefully he steps up, realizes he doesn’t want to win that way because it’s bullshit, he was getting beat up. He knows it, so hopefully we can run that one back and he can prove that he won the fight. If he could do that, he has the opportunity to do that, and I have the opportunity to prove my side, that I’m a better fighter than him. So hopefully we get to run that back.”

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NYSAC Confirms Instant Replay Use Was Legal For Mousasi-Weidman Stoppage

Gegard Mousasi may have picked up his biggest UFC win with a second-round TKO of former middleweight champ Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last Saturday’s UFC 210 from Buffalo, but the victory didn’t come without a monstrous shroud of controversy. Two knees from “The Dreamcatcher” found a home on Weidman in the second

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Two knees from “The Dreamcatcher” found a home on Weidman in the second frame, but referee Dan Miragliotta deemed only the first was legal, deciding both of Weidman’s hands were down on the second strike. He was then given five minutes to recover, but during that break period, cageside instant replay was used to determine that Mousasi’s strikes were indeed legal, and the doctors on duty then confirmed Weidman could no longer continue, resulting in a TKO victory for Mousasi.

If you’ll remember, the rule was also just changed in 2017 to stop fighters from gaming the system with one hand on the ground, and the state of New York is still a newborn in terms of regulating mixed martial arts (MMA) events on their soil. Those things were clear, but what wasn’t was whether or not using instant replay for MMA bouts was actually legal in the state.

Well, it turns out it is. In a statement given to MMA Fighting, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) confirmed that the correct call was made with the use of perfectly usable instant replay:

“Mr. Weidman was determined to be unable to continue the match due to legal blows received, resulting in a TKO,” the NYSAC said in a statement. “In New York State, it has been held that the Commission may review video evidence in order to meet its obligation to render correct determinations and act in the best interest of the sport.

“After the referee initially ruled the strikes from Mr. Mousasi illegal, he consulted with the alternate referee during the physician assessment of Mr. Weidman and determined that the knee strikes by Mousasi were not illegal. During the examination of Mr. Weidman by Commission medical staff, it was determined he was medically unfit to continue and the referee ruled a TKO victory in favor of Mr. Mousasi.”

That’s sure to sting for Weidman, who has incredibly lost three straight bouts by TKO, albeit to to the absolute best of the 185-pound crop. Still, his planned appeal appears it’s not going to have much ground to stand on, and with both Mousasi and Dana White sounding not so hot on his demanded rematch, Weidman has a big hole to climb out of. His team has insisted that the referee has to make a call and stick to it, as it’s extremely rare that a call gets reversed in the heat of battle.

An appeal is most likely coming, but the NYSAC has proven they stick to their decisions, however strange and undorthox they seem (remember, they initially banned a female fighter for having breast implants before UFC 210).

The only thing that could save his case is the fact that most top middleweights – including the champion Michael Bisping – are booked right now, and top contender Yoel Romero has stated he will sit out to fight the winner of “The Count’s” bout with a returning Georges St-Pierre.

Overall it was an infinitely unsatisfying result in one of the most anticipated middleweight bouts in a long time, and it only served to continue New York and the UFC’s strange start to 2017.

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Does Chris Weidman Deserve A Rematch With Gegard Mousasi?

The co-main event bout between Gegard Mousasi and Chris Weidman (full highlights here) at last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, began as the exciting, back-and-forth bout many thought it would be when it was signed. Unfortunately it then developed into a controversy-filled talking point when referee Dan

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The co-main event bout between Gegard Mousasi and Chris Weidman (full highlights here) at last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, began as the exciting, back-and-forth bout many thought it would be when it was signed.

Unfortunately it then developed into a controversy-filled talking point when referee Dan Miragliotta called a second-round knee from Mousasi illegal that was ultimately determined to be a legal strike during the five-minute recovery period Weidman was granted. The former champion failed to identify the current month of April correctly, prompting cageside doctors to stop the fight with a TKO win for Mousasi as the result.

But the discussion remains a difficult one as Weidman correctly pointed out that instant replay is not a legal means of changing a call in MMA in the state of New York, where the sport was just legalized last year and whose MMA-inexperienced athletic commission has already made a slew of surprising and debatable decisions in fights.

After his third straight loss, Weidman immediately revealed he would be appealing the loss and wants a rematch with “The Dreamcatcher.” Free agent Mousasi wasn’t as supportive of that notion, however, instead saying he wants a new contract and a title shot instead of a rematch.

What do you think? Should Mousasi give Weidman a rematch to clear up the strange ending to last night’s bout?

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Gegard Mousasi vs. Chris Weidman Full Fight Video Highlights

An incredibly controversial result unfortunately marred what was otherwise a great contest between two former champions when Gegard Mousasi met Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The first frame featured some effective takedowns from Weidman, who controlled much of the

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The first frame featured some effective takedowns from Weidman, who controlled much of the action but looked to expend a ton of energy, while Mousasi worked his laserlike jab in a losing frame. The second round was much different, as Mousasi landed a huge flurry of pinpoint punches that had Weidman on his heels. To his credit, Weidman did get some advantageous positions on the ground, even taking Mousasi’s back at one point.

But Mousasi got back to his feet to land some big knees on Weidman, the second of which lead referee Dan Miragliotta to give Weidman a five-minute break due to an illegal strike on a downed opponent. During the break, however, a replay was somehow used (which is illegal for MMA bouts in New York) to determine the strike actually wasn’t on a downed fighter, prompting cageside doctors to stop the action in favor of Mousasi by TKO.

Mousasi picked up arguably his biggest UFC victory, but Weidman has already said he’s going to appeal the loss and wants an immediate rematch.

In the meantime, watch the full fight video highlights of the action-packed and strange bout here:

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Chris Weidman Will Appeal Controversial Loss To Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi picked up a second-round TKO win over Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, but it wasn’t an extremely large amount of controversy. The fight was stopped in the second after Mousasi hit Weidman with a knee that referee

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Gegard Mousasi picked up a second-round TKO win over Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, but it wasn’t an extremely large amount of controversy.

The fight was stopped in the second after Mousasi hit Weidman with a knee that referee Dan Miragliotta dubbed illegal, giving Weidman five minutes to potentially recover. But when the strike was reviewed on cageside video by the fledgling New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), it was deemed legal and the fight was then called off as a win for Mousasi.

“The Dreamcatcher” may have finished Weidman after the big knee, but the outcome remained uncertain at that time nonetheless, and a referee giving a fighter time to recover shouldn’t lead to a clear win from the opponent without any resolution.

After the bout, Weidman spoke up to FOX Sports to voice his frustration at the head-scratching result:

The former champion, who is currently on the worst streak of his MMA career with three straight losses (albeit to top 5-ranked competition) said he wants a rematch with Mousasi and will also appeal the ruling:

“Oh, immediate rematch and appeal. You know, I wanna get three round with him fair and square. And I wanna finish him. I felt great. And what happened just sucks for everybody, I just feel bad for everybody who was watching at home and out here. And obviously for me, it was not the way I wanted this thing to turn out, so it’s going to be a tough pill to swallow, but I want the right thing to happen.”

Weidman elaborated further on the details of his puzzling loss, noting that while the replay may have showed his hand was not down during the knee, the referee had already ruled that it was, and therefore it was not legal to sue the replay to determine the outcome of the fight and switch a decision the official had already made:

“It’s such a messy thing. First of all, they just changed that rule, first of all it was like one hand, then it was two hands, and then they stopped the fight because, I thought my hand was down but apparently in the replay it wasn’t. But the ref thought it was. You can’t go back on that by looking at a replay during a fight. That’s not legal.”

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UFC 210 Post-Fight Press Conference

Tonight’s (April 8, 2017) anticipated UFC 210 is in the books from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, and now the MMA world will begin to digest the aftermath of the impactful pay-per-view card. Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier met streaking knockout artist Anthony “Rumble” Johnson in the main event. Despite a broken nose from

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Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier met streaking knockout artist Anthony “Rumble” Johnson in the main event. Despite a broken nose from a huge first-round head kick, Cormier weathered the storm to run through “Rumble” once again with some brutal ground and pound and the familiar rear-naked choke finish. After the fight, Johnson shockingly retired.

Former middleweight champ Chris Weidman met veteran Gegard Mousasi in the co-main event. After two exciting back-and-forth first two rounds, the fight unfortunately came to a heavily controversial finish when Dan Miragliotta stopped the fight to give Weidman a break after an illegal knee was deemed to be legal.

It’s sure to be an interesting following moments to the wild card.

Watch the post-fight presser live starting shortly after the main card right here:

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