To be fair, when your job is to train full time, its going to be fairly easy to lose the weight. Also helps that he is an athlete and used to be this size before he got injured.
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Silva vs Weidman tonight.
Anyone give Chris a chance?The times they are a changin'.Comment
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Did you see the weigh in?
What a stare down
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He'll try doing what Sonnen nearly did and use his wrestling to take him down and hold him there for 25 minutes. He's a beeter wrestler than Sonnen so you never know...
If Silva can avoid the takedown, he wins easily.Originally posted by fah-qComment
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I'm not remotely into MMA but I just saw this on Twitter. Pummeling his face while he's on the floor - sickening. Is this normal?
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Yea thats normal mate, a good ref will stop it after only a couple of shots like that- if you watch the gif, Wiedman only lands 3 shots on the ground, 2 more skim him and the uppercut misses completly.
I'd still rather take 3/4 shots like that, that knock me out rather than hundreds over 12 rounds with a boxing glove on and risk massive brain damage.Originally posted by fah-qComment
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To be honest Anderson got completely what he deserved, Overeem learnt the hardway you don't respect someone you get laid out. The mans a legend but that was stupid, absolutely stupid.
If they fight again I fully expect Anderson to take him seriously.The times they are a changin'.Comment
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Oh and GSP vs Hendricks is on!
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LAS VEGAS — Despite Anderson Silva’s post-fight disinterest in a rematch with the man who ended his run of 10 Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title defenses, UFC president Dana White assured a second bout against Chris Weidman is coming.
“I guarantee you there’s nothing more he wants than that rematch with Chris Weidman,” White said late Saturday night in the UFC news conference following UFC 162 at the MGM Grand.
Silva (33-5) was knocked out 1:18 into the second round Saturday after a performance that drew harsh criticism for taunting and goading the challenger.
After escaping a first-round hold on the octagon canvas, Silva, 38, worked to keep Weidman standing by engaging in a series of showman bits, like dodging a punch and putting his hands on his hips, punching his own chin, dancing and summoning Weidman forward.
“He was messing with Weidman’s head, and if he did it and knocked him out, he’d be a genius,” White said. “He decided the way he wanted to fight … he got clipped. Tonight, it caught up to him.”
Weidman (10-0) admitted he became highly agitated at Silva’s antics, and altered his original fight plan of taking the longtime champion to the ground in favor of trying to knock him out.
“I was saying, ‘Don’t get mad, don’t get fooled, get him to the ground,’ … he tries to mentally defeat you … I said, ‘Forget this, I’m hitting him.’ I felt my stand-up was good and I felt like, ‘I’m going for this,’ ” Weidman said. “He’s a genius in getting into people’s minds. I just kept believing in myself.”
Weidman’s pursuit allowed him to first catch Silva with a hard left hand that severely dazed the champion, then followed the blow with another left that sent him to the mat. Silva was then punched twice more while prone, and referee Herb Dean stopped the fight.
Silva said: “I feel like I went in and did what I wanted. It’s time to stop thinking of my mistakes. I need to go back to work and fix my mistakes. … People are going to say he got lucky or I underestimated him. But he’s the champion.”
That was a lot closer to expressing interest in a quick rematch than Silva had done earlier Saturday night, when he said he wouldn’t pursue Weidman and was “tired” by the thought of title fights.
At the news conference, Silva said, “I’m thinking of going home, and then thinking of what I’m going to do after that in three or four months. There’s a lot of pressure in defending the title. I want to take some time.”
To which White said, “I respect that.”
However, when reporters mentioned the names of Vitor Belfort or Mark Munoz as possible interim opponents for Weidman, White said “rematch” was the new champion’s next fight.
Silva just inked a new 10-fight deal with the UFC in June, an agreement that before Saturday could have been used to lock him into possible early 2014 super-fights against either light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones or welterweight champion Georges St.-Pierre if they win their fall bouts.
“That fight cost GSP, Jon Jones and Anderson a lot of money,” White said. “In those super-fights, Anderson was the link to both of them. Now, there you go….”
White said the new Silva contract does not increase the likelihood Silva will agree to another Weidman fight, likely sometime early in 2014.
UPDATE: White said Monday he’s targeting the year-end UFC 168 show, Dec. 28 at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena, for the rematch.
“I’ve never had a problem getting Anderson to fight, he’s never turned down a fight or said, ‘I don’t want this guy,’ ” White said. “He’s been a great champion and a man of his word.”
Weidman quickly offered Silva a rematch in the octagon after the fight.
“I want to hold onto this belt for as long as I can,” Weidman said.
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Brian Stann has retired.The times they are a changin'.Comment
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Never a fan of his, not a very good fighter and too"american" for meOriginally posted by fah-qComment
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Yep I agree. aso
A lot of big fights coming up towards the end of this year, Aldo soon - Jones vs Gustafsson, Pettis vs Henderson 2, Dos Santos vs Velasquez 2, GSP vs Hendricks and Silva Weidmann 2 has been confirmed.
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