Ray Longo: Chris Weidman’s Repaired Knees Won’t Matter Against Lyoto Machida

For the first time in two years, Chris Weidman will enter the Octagon against somebody not named Anderson Silva.  The middleweight champion was originally scheduled to take on the surging Vitor Belfort at UFC 173. Elevated testosterone levels from Belfort and surgery on both of Weidman’s knees changed all of that.  Now slated to make […]

For the first time in two years, Chris Weidman will enter the Octagon against somebody not named Anderson Silva.  The middleweight champion was originally scheduled to take on the surging Vitor Belfort at UFC 173. Elevated testosterone levels from Belfort and surgery on both of Weidman’s knees changed all of that.  Now slated to make […]

Chris Weidman Coach Ray Longo Says Silva Doesn’t Deserve a Third Fight

It appears as if Anderson Silva’s opinions on his first two losses to Chris Weidman are wearing thin with the new champion’s coach, Ray Longo. “I just think he got dominated in both fights, and definitely doesn’t deserve anywhere near a third fight, in my opinion,” Longo said to MMAjunkie.com (via Steven Marrocco). In their […]

It appears as if Anderson Silva’s opinions on his first two losses to Chris Weidman are wearing thin with the new champion’s coach, Ray Longo. “I just think he got dominated in both fights, and definitely doesn’t deserve anywhere near a third fight, in my opinion,” Longo said to MMAjunkie.com (via Steven Marrocco). In their […]

Chris Weidman, Ray Longo Sound Off on Vitor Belfort’s TRT Usage

Looks like UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, as well as his striking coach Ray Longo, are not big fans of No. 1 contender Vitor Belfort‘s usage of testosterone replacement therapy.  Tentatively set to face off with “The Phenom” in Las Vegas this May, Weidman went off on his hard-hitting Brazilian counterpart last week, per Fox […]

Looks like UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, as well as his striking coach Ray Longo, are not big fans of No. 1 contender Vitor Belfort‘s usage of testosterone replacement therapy.  Tentatively set to face off with “The Phenom” in Las Vegas this May, Weidman went off on his hard-hitting Brazilian counterpart last week, per Fox […]

Ray Longo: Chris Weidman Will Submit Anderson Silva at UFC 168

To the surprise of no one, it looks like UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman’s striking coach, Ray Longo, has all the confidence in the world in his prized pupil heading into his rematch with Anderson Silva at UFC 168.  Speaking to Ariel Helwani on yesterday’s edition of The MMA Hour, per MMA Fighting, Longo explained […]

To the surprise of no one, it looks like UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman’s striking coach, Ray Longo, has all the confidence in the world in his prized pupil heading into his rematch with Anderson Silva at UFC 168.  Speaking to Ariel Helwani on yesterday’s edition of The MMA Hour, per MMA Fighting, Longo explained […]

Ray Longo: Fluke Talk May Push Chris Weidman to Seriously Hurt Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva wouldn’t like Chris Weidman when he’s angry. For months, MMA experts have been lining up to sing Weidman’s praises. During an official promo for UFC 162, lightweight contender Gray Maynard called Weidman “a beast.” Commentator Joe Rogan labeled him as the “perfect fighter to defeat Anderson Silva.” UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre predicted he […]

Anderson Silva wouldn’t like Chris Weidman when he’s angry. For months, MMA experts have been lining up to sing Weidman’s praises. During an official promo for UFC 162, lightweight contender Gray Maynard called Weidman “a beast.” Commentator Joe Rogan labeled him as the “perfect fighter to defeat Anderson Silva.” UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre predicted he […]