Okay what the hell happened to Weidman?

[TerraRayzing]

Ignoring the eyepokes, Chris actually looked good. I thought Bruno was going to knock him out fairly quickly but Weidman was getting the better of exchanges and he looked like the Weidman of old.
Did something happen? Did Chris hit a 'second prime' or has Bruno Silva regressed?

 

[RockyLockridge]

Bruno Silva has always been Mid, I wouldn't say he's regressed. He's never impressed me much.

Never saw him outside the UFC though. I did pick him to KO wiedman though, I'll admit that.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Didn't get KOed vs Tavares either. A wee step down in comp helped him out. Don't forget who the people he got finished by are.

 

[mirko>anyone]

Weidman had a good showing, relatively speaking. His gas tank was better and he took some stiff shots without folding. That said, he’s pretty old and incredibly shopworn for how few fights he has. That’s probably as good of a Weidman as we will ever see again.

The Rockhold beating took a lot from him imo. Somewhat similar to JDS after he fought Cain. He had a devastating loss to Romero that sealed the deal for me. If he’s comfortable fighting low end guys and the UFC is willing to out him out there, he will have a couple more fights (barring another injury).

His career really nosedived after an impeccable start. He had an early win over Hall, obliterated Muñoz, decisioned Maia, had Silva's #, beat a very game Machida, and also Vitor.

Things went south quickly.

 

[gosuasus]

Dying from exhaustion against Rockhold and getting kneed in the face by Romero and Mousasi, then getting knocked out by a forehead strike (?!) from Jacare and his ankle destroyed in a Hall fight. That's what happened to Weidman.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Dying from exhaustion against Rockhold and getting kneed in the face by Romero and Mousasi, then getting knocked out by a forehead strike (?!) from Jacare and his ankle destroyed in a Hall fight. That's what happened to Weidman.

He didn't die from exhaustion, He got the everloving fuck beat out of him by rockhold.

 

[TerraRayzing]

He didn't die from exhaustion, He got the everloving fuck beat out of him by rockhold.

And then his dad embarrassed him.

 

[RockyLockridge]

And then his dad embarrassed him.

The look on Chris's face is priceless in this moment

 

[TerraRayzing]

The look on Chris's face is priceless in this moment
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Lost what was left of his soul right there, lmao.

 

[rjmbrd]

Bruno Silva came into the Octagon having lost 4 of his last 5 fights. Most likely the UFC will let him get another shot considering how badly he got fouled, but I predict Bruno is out of the UFC in 2025.

So Chris fought a losing streak, aging guy with one foot out the door - and he fouled him pretty egregiously multiple times.

I think Chris showed good fight IQ and took some good shots, his orbital might be busted. Nothing about that performance makes me think he's going to fair well in his next fight. This was a good softball to throw him and he eeked by with a bunch of fouls.

 

[haj02]

The look on Chris's face is priceless in this moment
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My favourite ever in cage interview. As if he needed to let the world know that he'd still be his son even though he lost a fight.

 

[tymikeson]

Jan 1st 2024 happened.

 

[MeatGrinder]

I speculated as to what changed, but the mOdERatOrS deleted it. So I dont know, but something changed this year.

 

[Iroh]

Silva was probably expecting Weidman to grapple and not stand up with him as much as he did, which made the threat of the takedown all the more effective. But Weidman also looked pretty good considering his situation.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

He's fighting the guys he should have been fighting 5 years ago

 

[duke_droese]

Welcome back to the picograms era

 

[Bagatur]

Ignoring the eyepokes, Chris actually looked good. I thought Bruno was going to knock him out fairly quickly but Weidman was getting the better of exchanges and he looked like the Weidman of old.
Did something happen? Did Chris hit a 'second prime' or has Bruno Silva regressed?

he looked good because he was cheating from the very beginning of the fight.

 

[GoWokeGoBroke]

Maybe he’s back to his old creatine

 

[Skarsgard]

Weidman started throwing pokes pretty egregiously after getting lit up in the first. My guess is that Bruno was a little tentative to commit to exchanges and advances because of it.
Look at Shields vs GSP. GSP got hit with a nasty eye poke pretty early and couldn't see well after. Shields' striking and performance looked better as a result.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

The Weidman downfall is overrated I think, he is 3-4 in his last 7 fights... he is not Tony where he is 0-7. Chris is still winning fights and even one of the losses was not even a fight.. he broke his leg in 10 seconds, there was no "fight".

I'm not saying he is champion material, he is clearly not, his best days are behind him, but I think how bad he looks is being way over blown most of the time, its hyperbole. He has always been slow and a bit stiff.. even when he was undefeated he was quite slow to be fair. He is older now and too inactive, but he ain't Tony, he still wins fights