Weidman (photo) assured that he never used PEDs. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Biggest thorn in the side of Anderson Silva, with two victories over the Brazilian in less than six months, the middleweight champion Chris Weidman also gave his opinion on the Spider doping case. In Weidman's opinion, the episode will mark Anderson's history forever and could end up influencing young athletes to use banned substances. The American, however, wants to send another message to future MMA stars.
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“His legacy is in check at this point. There’s no going back on this,” said Weidman, in an interview with the “FightHub” channel. “What bothers me most about this situation in Anderson Silva and other guys getting caught is because of the young guys coming up. Now they will find that they need to start taking steroids. Now they're going to speculate whether Anderson has had this his entire career. They will imagine that they were doing this and that he won, who knows, let's say, 50 million. 'If he did this and was able to take care of himself and his family for the rest of his life, maybe it's worth it,' they might think. My message to them is that I am a champion and have never taken any performance enhancing drugs. I would never do that,” he added.
The North American also said he was surprised by what happened with Spider, but avoided exaggerating his critical tone, so as not to attack the Brazilian at a time when he is an easy target. “I am completely surprised by the Anderson Silva. I'm not the kind of guy to kick people when they're down, so I'm not going to tarnish his name any more than it's already being tarnished. I will say it is a disappointment. I always thought that champions, if you look at them, muscularly, they are not these pumped up guys”, he analyzed.
At 30, Chris Weidman He has an undefeated professional record in 12 fights. On May 23rd, he will put his belt on the line against Vitor belfort in the co-main fight of UFC 187. Weidman won the title in July 2013, shocking the MMA world and beating Anderson Silva at UFC 162. Six months later, at UFC 168, in December, the North American came out on top again, this time after the serious fracture suffered by the Brazilian in the second round.
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