Chris Weidman doesn’t plan on making up the numbers if he was to face Anderson Silva next
UFC middleweight contender (some would say number one contender), Chris Weidman has been giving his thoughts on a potential fight between him and current champion, Anderson Silva and what it would mean to him at this stage of his career, explaining after back-to-back wins over top five opposition he’s surely the most deserving.
Speaking via MMAWeekly.com, Weidman said:
“Before the fight, there was literally five or six guys that were all trying to petition to fight Anderson Silva next, and I just kind of stayed quiet. I mean, I did just beat Demian Maia, who was a top five guy, and none of those guys have even beaten a top five guy I don’t think for the most part. Bisping hasn’t even beat a top ten guy I think. I was just really focused on making a statement in this fight. I really wanted to make it blatantly obvious that I was ahead of the pack, and I think I did jump past those guys that were a little bit better at talking before my fight than I was.”
“If I’m fighting Anderson Silva, I’m going in there knowing I belong in there. I’m not going in there to beat him, I’m actually going in there I’m going to try to make a statement. I’m going to try to finish him. I know a lot of people who can’t imagine that happening and think I might be crazy, but as a competitor that’s the way I compete, that’s the way I train to really be the best, and I think I am. On paper, I’m definitely a stylistic nightmare and he’s going to be going against a guy who’s in there to beat him, and not like some of these other guys that he’s fought that just want to share the cage with him.”
“I feel like I really deserve it. I beat two top five guys and I think I’m a stylistic nightmare for Anderson Silva. I would love to get that shot. No one else is on a five fight win streak and beat the quality of guys I’ve beaten. I’m ready to speak up a little bit, just be confident in my abilities and respectfully call out Anderson Silva. I’m the only guy on a five fight win streak. I’m undefeated. I’m young. I want to be a young champion. I want to have this belt for a long time. You have to build names, you have to take risks as far as a company, as far as a promotion. You have to take risks with guys and I’m a good guy to do that with.”
Weidman could very well have catapulted himself to the top of the middleweight contenders tree following his win last night over arguably the number one contender at the time. With Michael Bisping on the shelf and coming off a loss and Hector Lombard having lost his octagon debut, could Weidman leapfrog everyone with this win? Tell us what you think…
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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