C. Weidman sent a message to his Brazilian “non-fans”. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
For your victories over Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida e Vitor belfort, the middleweight champion Chris Weidman He earned the nickname “Executioner of Brazilians”. Now, for the first time since winning the belt, Weidman will face an opponent who was not born in Brazil, facing fellow American Luke Rockhold at UFC 194, but despite this, he did not close the door on a hypothetical reunion with two of his main Brazilian rivals, Spider and Fenômeno.
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“I have challenges now, Luke, and the winner of Jacaré x Yoel romero. But I think after that, there will be a lot of guys that I've already beaten. You can play Bisping in this one. You can play another fight with the Anderson Silva. A fight with the Vitor belfort…. But other than that, I don't know if many interesting guys are emerging. I want to face guys that people think can beat me. And I'm not going to get excited about fights where I have to dominate the guy. These are struggles that I will have to accept. And I think that, as I improve and prove myself, some fights will be like that. Fights where they expect me to dominate. But in the middleweight division, we'll see. Who knows?” said Weidman, who also guaranteed that Anderson would be the underdog in a possible third duel, in an interview with the “Combate” channel website.
At 31, Chris Weidman has a professional record of 13 wins and no losses in MMA. After hitting Vitor belfort in May, Weidman will now face his compatriot Luke Rockhold in the co-main fight of UFC 194, an event that has José Aldo x Conor McGregor as the main fight, on December 12th, in Las Vegas (USA).
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