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Anderson Silva wanted to retire before he was knocked out by Chris Weidman back at UFC 162. Entering the fight, Silva was 33-4 and had seven title defenses under his belt. He was a sizeable favorite against the then-undefeated American in Weidman. Alth…
Anderson Silva wanted to retire before he was knocked out by Chris Weidman back at UFC 162. Entering the fight, Silva was 33-4 and had seven title defenses under his belt. He was a sizeable favorite against the then-undefeated American in Weidman. Although the Brazilian was atop of the sport he revealed he was close […]
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Former middleweight king Anderson Silva has revealed he was close to retiring from MMA before his first loss to Chris Weidman in 2013. ‘The Spider’ Silva was riding a 17-fight win streak and had just successfully stepped up to light-heavyweight knocking out TUF veteran Stephan Bonnar. In the aftermath of that fight, the Brazilian says […]
‘The Spider’ Silva was riding a 17-fight win streak and had just successfully stepped up to light-heavyweight knocking out TUF veteran Stephan Bonnar. In the aftermath of that fight, the Brazilian says he had decided to retire and met with UFC bosses Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta to tell them about his plans.
“I want to stop, I want a time for myself, to stay with my family,” Silva said in an interview with UFC Brasil. “I have been doing this for years and I’m losing contact with my kids. I’m only training and training, it’s not working for me anymore.”
Shortly after, White and Fertitta bought the middleweight champion a brand new Bentley Continental GT, worth $174,000. Silva believed the gift may have been an effort from the UFC to convince him to reconsider retirement and clearly it worked. ‘The Spider backtracked on his retirement plans and agreed to face unbeaten American Weidman for his middleweight title in July 2013 despite not feeling in peak condition, he said.
“But one day before I started my camp to fight Weidman, I already was too saturated,” Silva said. “I never talked about this, never used this term ‘if I win.’ I said to [my wife], ‘If I win, I’ll stop, I won’t fight anymore.’”
Silva and Weidman met in the main event of UFC 162 on July 6, 2013. The American shocked the world by knocking out the long-reigning middleweight champion inside two rounds.
“It was a group of things, many things led to my loss to happen that way,” Silva said. “Weidman had all the merits and won, he won well, but that’s what happened.”
The South American legend was, of course, granted an immediate rematch and was fully focused on regaining his crown before calling it a career, however, things didn’t go according to plan, he explained.
“I would have stopped if I had won the fight, I wouldn’t fight anymore, but I ended up breaking my leg,” Silva said. “I think that was a message from God saying to me, ‘Look, man, you’re not supposed to stop yet. It took so long for you to get here and now you want to stop?’ I don’t know, I think those are subliminal messages that stay in your head.”
Should Anderson Silva have retired before losing to Chris Weidman in 2013?
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is still looking to compete. Weidman was originally set to compete against Jack Hermansson in a middleweight headliner at UFC Oklahoma City on May 2. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, not only was Hermansson unable to leave Norway, but now all UFC events are indefinitely postponed. However, […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is still looking to compete.
Weidman was originally set to compete against Jack Hermansson in a middleweight headliner at UFC Oklahoma City on May 2. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, not only was Hermansson unable to leave Norway, but now all UFC events are indefinitely postponed.
However, Weidman is still training. He already accepted two other opponents — including Yoel Romero — but given the current situation, there is plenty of uncertainty.
“I was told last week that Hermansson is out,” Weidman told MMA Fighting. “They talked to me about some new opponent. I said yes and they said no. Now I’m just in a waiting game. I’m just waiting.”
Weidman is currently training alone in his basement and will likely not have head coach Ray Longo travel with him even if the UFC is able to find him an opponent and book him in an event next month.
And with the circumstances at hand, he would not be able to cut the weight to make 185 pounds either.
“I’m not going to be able to make 185 [pounds],” Weidman said. “If I make 185 right now, I’m going to kill myself. I’m training in a cold basement. I’ve got no partners, no coaching, no help. Once we get down there, there’s a lot of unanswered questions. How am I making weight? Do I have a treadmill in my room? What am I doing? Am I going on a treadmill with other people on them? There’s just so many unanswered questions.
“I know a lot of guys are doing a catchweight, so if I’m going to do this, I’d need a catchweight of some sort. Otherwise it’s just worth doing that to myself because I’ve done it before earlier in my career. I know I’ll make the weight but it’s not worth putting my health at risk with not too many people around to help me out.”
As things stand, it looks unlikely that any UFC event will take place before June at the very least. So it looks like “The All American” will just have to wait and see what happens:
“I really have no idea what the hell’s going to happen,” Weidman added. “My body feels good, I will say that. Just working on getting my weight down, but my body feels great. Because I’m not doing that physical wear and tear on my body everyday. I’m on the bike and I’m doing sprints and I’m hitting the bag. My body’s not breaking down. One part of me feels amazing, I wonder how I’d feel in the fight. I know somebody in particular on our team who went into a fight without training at all – he just had physical therapy – and he had the best fight of his life. So maybe this is the future of the sport.
“We’ll see what happens. We’re getting closer and closer to the fight and I don’t have an opponent. So I don’t know what the hell’s going to happen.”
What do you make of Weidman still wanting to compete during these unprecedented times?
We were close to seeing Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman once again next month. The pair of middleweights first met at UFC 205 back in November 2016 in what was a pretty even contest. That was until Romero exploded early on in the third round with a vicious flying knee that busted Weidman open and […]
We were close to seeing Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman once again next month.
The pair of middleweights first met at UFC 205 back in November 2016 in what was a pretty even contest. That was until Romero exploded early on in the third round with a vicious flying knee that busted Weidman open and quickly ended the fight.
Just over three years on, Weidman almost got his chance to exact revenge at UFC 250 on May 9 until an injury to Romero as well as the postponement of UFC events derailed those plans according the latter’s manager.
”They actually offered us Weidman for this next fight, but Yoel has an orbital eye injury, and I was waiting to see if I could get him cleared to fight May 9, and they canceled the event,” Malki Kawa said on an Instagram live video chat (via MMA Fighting).
Weidman was originally set to face Jack Hermansson at UFC Oklahoma City on May 2 next month. But due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation with Hermansson unable to travel, plans changed by the day as he accepted new opponents — including Romero.
Interestingly, it would have taken place at 205 pounds had the fight come to fruition. Romero has already gone on record stating why he prefers not to fight at light heavyweight.
But according to Kawa, it all depends on the circumstances.
”He might fight Weidman at 205, or anybody at 205 depending on how much time we have to get prepared,” Kawa added. “If not, he’s going to fight mostly at 185.”
Who would you have taken in a Romero vs. Weidman rematch?
UFC 249 was scheduled for April 18; however, the powers that be from ESPN told Dana White to postpone the event. The entire world of sports is on hold and while White wanted to prove the UFC could move forward during the current tide of the pandemic, i…
UFC 249 was scheduled for April 18; however, the powers that be from ESPN told Dana White to postpone the event. The entire world of sports is on hold and while White wanted to prove the UFC could move forward during the current tide of the pandemic, it would seem he will have wait with […]
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Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman has said ensuring he gets the win was the deciding factor in dropping back down to 185lbs. The 35-year-old made an unsuccessful light-heavyweight debut last time out. UFC 247 main event fighter Dominick Reyes stopped Weidman inside two minutes when they met in October 2019. It was the American’s second […]
The 35-year-old made an unsuccessful light-heavyweight debut last time out. UFC 247 main event fighter Dominick Reyes stopped Weidman inside two minutes when they met in October 2019. It was the American’s second loss in a row and a fifth defeat in his past six fights.
Now Weidman will drop down in search of the win. He’s expected to face Jack Hermansson at UFC Oklahoma on May 2. However, it remains to be seen if the event will take place amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced the UFC to cancel cards in London, Columbus, and Portland.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani of ESPN on Instagram live about his decision to drop back down in weight Weidman said.
“I do think I have the potential to beat any of them [light heavyweights], but I lost my first fight, and I just figured you know what, let me just go where I’m comfortable to try and make sure I get this W and give myself the most advantages as possible.”
Despite his unsuccessful debut at light-heavyweight, Weidman has refused to rule out returning to the weight despite realising he is sacrificing size and strength when fighting at 205lbs.
“Size and strength is important, I wouldn’t have as much of an advantage up at 205 with that so, I’m not closing the door on 205 completely, but at this point I’m going to go down to middleweight. My weight is good so it shouldn’t be that bad.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)
For right now, though, Weidman is back at middleweight, where he has spent the majority of his fight career. He’ll be desperate to get back in the column against Hermansson to end his losing streak, which stretches back to 2017.
Do you think Chris Weidman shout fight at middleweight or light-heavyweight?