C. Weidman (photo) criticized Bisping again after UFC 204. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Moments after winning the rematch against Dan Henderson in the main fight of UFC 204, an event held last Saturday (08), in Manchester (ING), and retain the middleweight belt, Michael Lisping, still in the octagon, took the microphone and challenged the “golden quartet” of the middleweight category. medium – Ronaldo Jacare, Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman e Yoel romero. The attitude, however, was not well received by Weidman, who mocked the current champion and said he felt ashamed of Bisping.
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“This guy had an idea in his head before the fight and he said to himself, 'after dominating Dan Henderson, I'm going to get on the microphone and call all four of these guys and say certain things about them, and that's going to look really cool.' But man, he shouldn't have done it after barely beating the number 14 seed in the division. To get the microphone and call out the top four in the weight class, he must have done something impressive, but I really think Dan Henderson should have had his hand raised, so I felt ashamed for him. He can say my name a billion times and call me any name he wants. This guy doesn't affect me,” said Weidman in an interview with 'The MMA Hour'.
Asked about the judges' decision, who were unanimous in marking Bisping's victory, Chris was upset with the official result. For him, Henderson won three of the five rounds of the fight.
“I scored the victory for Henderson. I thought he won the first round, maybe 10-8. I think at least one of the judges should have given him a 10-8. I also thought he won the second round. Yes, he had little effectiveness during almost the entire round, but he almost ended the fight again, he took Bisping down again. I think that if you almost finish the fight you win the round, no matter how much time you were losing in the stage. He wasn't in danger at any point in the second round, so I thought he won. And he also won the fifth round”, concluded the American.
Chris Weidman returns to the octagon at UFC 205, on November 12, in New York, when he faces Yoel romero on the main card of the event. Without fighting since December 2015, when he lost the middleweight belt to Luke Rockhold, he has nine wins and just one defeat in Ultimate, including the triumphs over Anderson Silva (twice), Lyoto Machida e Vitor belfort, on the occasions in which he defended the category belt.
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