![]() ![]() ![]() He was like in the top 10 and stuff like that for a long time, but he was never a guy who was fighting for the belts and on top. I don’t think he’s had the big fights like I’ve had, you know. He’s been around the game for a really long time. “I’m fighting Brad Tavares,” Weidman said. Tavares has fought the likes of UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, former champion Robert Whittaker, and former title challenger Yoel Romero, but has never been able to get over the hump and emerge as a top contender. Weidman, 38, sees Tavares as an ideal comeback opponent. I know I have the tools, and I have everything it takes to do it.” And it’s not gonna come easy, but I’m excited for all the hard work and the discipline and everything it’s gonna take to get there. That’s the goal, is to get there and to get a fight with him. “And just climb up the rankings, earn my way back to a title fight. And then the goal is to fight again on that New York City November card at Madison Square Garden. I wanna come back and put on a great performance, completely dominating performance. “The goal for me making this comeback after everything I’ve been through is not just for this one fight and to be done,” Weidman said on his SiriusXM podcast, “Won’t Back Down with Chris Weidman.” “I got some big things on the horizon in my mind. He plans on going all the way to the top. But beating Tavares is not the only thing on Weidman’s mind. Weidman, a former middleweight champion, returns against Brad Tavares (19-8 MMA, 14-8 UFC) at UFC 292 on Aug. He had his first taste of action in March when he competed in a grappling match at Polaris 23, losing by unanimous decision. Weidman (15-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC) booked his first fight since suffering a horrific broken leg against Uriah Hall in April 2021, which required multiple surgeries. I cannot deal with this.’ This is not meant for human beings to deal with.Despite everything he’s been through, Chris Weidman still has aspirations to regain UFC gold. I kept begging them to give me pain pills: ‘Give me something quick. The pain was the worst thing I could ever imagine. And the pain – I can’t even explain the pain. He had his first taste of action in March when he competed in a grappling match at Polaris. Weidman (15-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC) booked his first fight since suffering a horrific broken leg against Uriah Hall in April 2021, which required multiple surgeries. They’re trying to hold it into place as they get me on a stretcher and all this crap, and the bones are moving around. Despite everything he’s been through, Chris Weidman still has aspirations to regain UFC gold. And I know this is going to suck and here comes – and as soon as I felt the pain kick in I was just begging people ‘Please!’ “I just remembered Anderson Silva screaming in pain, like someone was murdering him. “As soon as I broke my leg and I saw it, I go, ‘Holy crap!’ I saw the bones and everything,” Weidman said. He recalls the horrific night, and all he could think of was when Anderson Silva was lying on the ground when he broke his leg in their title-fight rematch at UFC 168. I’ll be good to make 185 now.” RelatedĬhris Weidman wants to make title run upon UFC return: 'I'm trying to shock the world again' 'I'm coming back baby!' Watch Chris Weidman test out his leg after brutal injury Recovering from his own leg break, Chris Weidman offers heartfelt apology to Anderson Silvaįor Weidman, going through this painful experience has him intent on defying the odds in a comeback. I got down to 210 for this grappling event and my weight’s not flying back up again, so I’ll be good. Sometime around that time period, I’ll be good to go (at) 185. “I was saying June, but I’m thinking maybe International Fight Week. “I think in the summer – sometime in the summer,” Weidman said. The 38-year-old got his first taste of action since his injury when he lost a decision to Owen Livesey in a grappling match at Polaris 23 earlier this month and is eyeing a summer octagon comeback. ![]() Weidman will return to his original weight class and doesn’t see himself having any issues making the middleweight mark. I’m just doing physical therapy and still working on that.” But they’re saying that is just based on the quad and the calf need to get a little bit stronger still. When I’m up on my toes and stuff like that and I start bouncing, I get like a little pain on the shin and stuff. ![]()
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