Weidman guarantees he will fight for the middleweight title if he beats Jacaré

C. Weidman held the belt for two years. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @chrisweidman

Chris Weidman will face Ronaldo 'Jacaré' Souza in the co-main event of UFC 230, on November 3 in New York (USA). Initially, 'All-American' was scheduled to face Luke Rockhold. However, he had an injury and was removed from the card. In an interview with the North American program Ariel Helwani's MMA Show, the former middleweight champion revealed an agreement between his manager and Ultimate, in which he guarantees that if he wins the fight with the Brazilian he will have the chance to fight for the division's belt again. .

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“I win this fight [with Jacaré], I'm fighting for the title. I was obviously close to fighting for the title before this fight, beating [Kelvin] Gastelum and submitting him. It was between me and him who would fight [champion Robert] Whittaker. They decided to go with Gastelum,” Weidman explained.

The middleweight champion, Robert whittaker e Kelvin Gastelum are the coaches of the 28th season of the reality show, known as “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters”. Due to 'Bobby Knuckles' injury, the fight for the division belt should not take place at the end of the program, but rather in 2019. According to Weidman, he will be the reserve athlete for the fight between the fighters.

“And after you win [from Jacaré], they will fly you to Australia to be ready to replace the main event [in which Gastelum and Whittaker will probably face each other],” said Chris.

At 34, Chris Weidman became known by winning Anderson Silva on two occasions. In the first confrontation, 'All American' surprised everyone by knocking him out and breaking the Brazilian's streak of 10 title defenses. Thus, the North American won the middleweight belt at UFC 162 in July 2013.

His reign lasted two years, until he faced Luke Rockhold at UFC 194 in December 2015. Weidman was knocked out by his rival in the fourth round. In his last fight, Chris submitted Kelvin Gastelum with a katagatame in the third round of the UFC Long Island in July last year.

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