Chris Weidman Anderson Silva

He is the former ufc middleweight champion in 2013 he earned worldwide prominence by becoming the first man to defeat anderson silva which he did twice inside the ufc to become the middleweight champion which he held for two and a half years before losing it to luke rockhold.

Chris weidman anderson silva. Chris weidman doesn t see a point in fighting anderson silva for the third time. However on june 14 it was announced that jung had been pulled from the lamas bout and would replace an. Weidman and silva fought back at ufc 162 and 168 with the american winning both.

Anderson silva wanted to retire from mma before first chris weidman fight new 38 comments by guilherme cruz guicruzzz apr 19 2020 10 00am edt. By lewis mckeever mckeever89 apr 19 2020 9 00pm edt share this story. Chris weidman has two wins over anderson silva in the ufc.

The main event was a ufc middleweight championship bout between long time title holder anderson silva and undefeated top contender chris weidman. The former middleweight champion has revealed his thoughts on a potential trilogy against the spider. The serra longo fight team rep knocked out silva with a left hook.

Anderson silva the sport s pound for pound king broke the oldest rule in the book and weidman was there to levy the punishment. In the first fight he caught the brazilian with a punch to score the ko and become the new middleweight champion. Back in 2013 fighter chris weidman made history becoming the first man to defeat anderson silva beating him twice in less than six months to claim the ufc middleweight championship of the world.

Christopher james weidman born june 17 1984 is an american professional mixed martial artist. Anderson silva vs weidman 2 2020 07 18 colorado anderson silva meanwhile has two fights left on his ufc contract and even dana white admitted he didn t know what to do with him weidman anderson silva 3 silva the american is confident he will be able to dominate the russian and work his way back to the top of the 185 pound division silva.