Meanwhile, Rogerio gained traction in the light heavyweight division with wins over the likes of Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans. [69], A rematch with Luke Rockhold was expected to take place on November 3, 2018 at UFC 230. [80], On October 29, 2012, Weidman's house was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy. On his UFC debut, he faced off Alessio Sakara on March 3, 2011. I really think I could do pretty good. Your coaches have to have thick skin. … My wife gave me a year plan to get things moving … and start making money with this, and it wasn’t happening, I got injured. Weidman. “If you can find a way to supplement the income from Hofstra, I’ll let you do it,” Weidman recalled her saying, he told the Post. [77] However, on April 9, Dana White, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed to a future date and the pairing was scrapped. Weidman also won the battle against Michael Stewart two months later, just like the next match against Uriah Hall. Along with being a respectable fighter, he is undoubtedly a good father and husband. [61] After surviving an initial flurry of punches from Belfort, Weidman secured a takedown, went into the mount position, and won the fight via TKO due to strikes in the first round. 2014 Most Noteworthy Match of the Year vs. [44], On July 13, 2013, the UFC President Dana White announced that Weidman would rematch Silva for his first title defense at UFC 168. That was the number one thing I got hit with in the first fight, so I did work a lot against guys with good kicks and was working on checking them a lot. The doctors did not allow Weidman to continue and a TKO victory was granted to Mousasi. He then bagged it and took it to a garbage can on the street. [11], Weidman met Gabriel "Monsta" Toribio while attending Hofstra who invited Weidman to come to Matt and Nick Serra's BJJ Academy a few miles from campus in Levittown, New York to help some of the fighters with their wrestling. When Chris entered college, he … Back on October 29, 2012, he lost his house in Hurricane Sandy. Chris has a decent height of 6 feet 2 inches, and he weighs around 86kg. In addition, UFC Middleweight…2015-04-08T05:42:33.000Z, #teamweidman recovering from weight cut. He just alluded to it on the mma hour. Joined: Dec 9, 2014 Messages: 220 Likes Received: 0. Jim is also top-10 all-time in finishes (12), submissions (9) and total bonuses (11). Thompson endured a rough stretch of his own after his back-to-back title challenges against Tyron Woodley, and his Fight of the Night win over Vicente Luque at UFC 244 put him right back into the top-5 at welterweight. Subscribe to our channel for more MMA videos like this. [50], Weidman was expected to defend his belt against Vitor Belfort at UFC 173. Middleweight debut. The second round saw Silva clowning around — taunting and mocking Weidman — until he was caught and dropped by Weidman's left hook which was followed with punches to the grounded Silva — rendering him unconscious. Weidman appeared emotional and said at the post-fight press conference that the doubts and negative comments which he received during his three-fight losing streak was tough on him and his family and he was happy to be back in the game. Chris met Gabriel Toribio at the university and received an invitation to the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy as an instructor. Powered by. [74], Weidman's light heavyweight debut took place on October 18, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 6 against Dominick Reyes in the main event. On this edition of The MMA H.E.A.T. With his natural athleticism he mastered the sport very quickly. By Zac Pacleb, on Twitter @ZacPacleb The man experienced the ordeals that ordinary Americans faced and helped restore residential properties along with the non-profit organization Staten Strong. Chris Weidman with his sister (pic) - Leader for UFC and Mixed Martial Arts, MMA news, including events, videos and interviews. [51][53] However, the bout was delayed after Weidman sustained a knee injury which required a minor surgery on both of his knees, including meniscal tears in both knees that he had since high school. This is the official website of Mixedmartialarts LLC. [32] After the fight, Weidman expressed a desire to fight Anderson Silva and become the middleweight title holder. A prolific submission artist, he earned the interim heavyweight title over Tim Sylvia via a guillotine choke in 2008. He met his would-be wife, Marivi, in his youth: she was his best friend’s sister. [69], After the last debacle in the last fight. My trainer, Ray Longo, actually broke a guy's leg like that in the gym by putting the knee right on that shin when he kicked, just by following [the kick] up slowly, It's not really going shin-to-shin, but getting your knee on the shin. Podcast #39: UFC's Chris Weidman Talks Awful Date; Iaquinta’s Speech, Ronda vs Walmart. In spite of Weidman's onslaught, Silva managed to pull guard, regain his composure and bloodied Weidman's nose with some elbows and hammer-fist punches off his back. The ten facts you need to know about Chris Weidman, including life path number, birthstone, body stats, zodiac and net worth. This check snapped Silva's left fibula and tibia on contact. Yes, we’re counting in-laws here. While Weidman has become a UFC star after taking the belt from Anderson Silva, he says he couldn’t have got to where he is without his wife, “his rock.”. A rough patch saw him leave the promotion in 2006, but a year later, Nick came through The Ultimate Fighter circuit, capturing the lightweight tournament title. [12][13], With full-time assistant coaching and graduate school at Hofstra, jiu-jitsu had to be put on hold for a while. !’ She’s been with me ever since. Experts called Weidman one of the most promising Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers in the United States. Very bad, style wise. That year, Michael Bisping became the champion. Mixedmartialarts LLC. Click here: recently got emotional during an interview, http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=mmafightingonsbn. [72] Both fighters earned Fight of the Night honors. Chris and Stephen have been sparring partners for a … Fans also know him as “All-American”. There's a documentary I posted a couple weeks back on Weidman and there's lots of footage of his family including his sister. Follow the rise of Jan Blachowicz as he made his way through the ranks to a light heavyweight title shot against Dominick Reyes at UFC 253. After being dropped at the end of the first round, Weidman rallied and submitted Gastelum via arm-triangle choke in the third round. In 2013, Weidman came back and took Anderson Silva’s champion title in the middleweight division. Nevertheless, he lost the title against Luke Rockhold on December 12, 2015. But it's still crazy how that happened. Some of them tried to catch Gegard using a prohibited method on purpose; in this case, Weidman could win by his opponent’s disqualification. 250 Shares. [49] I start breaking out in a sweat – ‘Marivi can you please hurry up?’ She’s like ‘What?’ And I’m like ‘Oh my gosh.’ I go back in the room and the next thing I know, it’s coming. With his noticeable technique and skills, Weidman was encouraged to train full-time to fight. At Hofstra, he became a two-time NCAA Division I All-American, placing sixth at the 06' NCAA championships his junior year and third at the 07' NCAA's his senior year. Weidman was allowed to recover, but after watching the replay the officials concluded the strike was legal. The winter of the same year was less fortunate: Weidman had to endure his first major loss to Luke Rockhold, and the rematch could not be held because of the herniated disk. #lastpic” • See 1,938 photos and videos on their profile. 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