He was tough man.. wow..i thought the same thing you did..i didnt remember he was so good

@@stndupforusa8964 He's arguably the best MW of all time lol

@@wergar_the_warwolf6834 I mean, that's very arguable.

@@wergar_the_warwolf68341. Silva 2. Adesanya 3. Whittaker 4. Bisping 5. Weidman

@@ChunkyPuffsRaichu Best and greatest are 2 diff things. Best? Rob, Weidman/Izzy, and Yoel is a “can beat all three” Greatest? 1) Silva or Rob. 3) Izzy. 4/5) Weidman or Yoel

Machida and Weidman both are equally underrated UFC fighters till today.

Potentially Gaethje with Khabib and Tony ...

It's called progression.The sport evolves as time goes by.With better training and knowledge,fighters get better as the years go by.Modern fighter is skilled in TDD,jiu Jitsu,Striking,Clinches etc.Thats why fighters from the past won't even make today's top 5

Matchups bro. They all have different strengths and weaknesses

Rohnit all of the previous eras pave a road for these younger fighters in the future, whether it’s sparring/looking at tape and learning from their successors. Gracie started this and then we’ve received the (Prime) Randalman’s, Fedor’s and Nogueria’s.

adesanya vs romero wasnt even a fight

Shut up don't give them props for something they should be doing always but refuse to cause they are greedy bastards

They aren't doing it because they are great, it's cause the competition (ONE Championship) is doing it, so it's just to keep it current!

@@bart4543 your a fucked up person for not supporting something you like. You should buy PPV

@@vlahell And this is why competition is great for the industry. Hopefully fighter pay will become more competitive too.

Hey Marcel ! The UFC doesn't give a shit. ☕ 👀

I feel if the dragon kept throwing that body kick he would of kept the momentum and maybe finished him

Yes! This has always been one of my favorite fights. Machida is probably my favorite fighter, but there's no shame in losing this one. Both brought everything they had.

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S1iznc1d3 If you saw no karate, I don’t think you understand karate or MMA lol.

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I really do think a prime Chris Weidman could and probably would beat Izzy today. Weidman fared pretty well against elusive counter-strikers thanks to his cage-cutting, patient striking, strong wrestling and Jiu Jitsu skills. He was a bit reliant on his chin though, which against more aggressive and explosive fighters like Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero proved his undoing.

@@madgavin7568 I think Izzy would knock him out prime or not the games evolved a lot

@@dawg4769 The game has evolved somewhat yes, but Chris Weidman's style is still a nightmare matchup for Izzy as Chris' style was tailor made to fight Anderson Silva who has a similar style as Izzy. Weidman would have done things to Izzy other Middleweights today are not doing, for instance clinching up when Izzy's back is against the cage, pressuring him constantly and also cutting off the cage to nullify his elusive footwork. Checking leg kicks and performing takedowns in the open are also keys to victory for him as well. Robert Whittaker would probably knock Weidman out because he's a stylistic nightmare for him. But against Izzy? Prime Weidman has the best shot out of any Middleweight presently to beat him, in fact I'd go as far as to favour him in that matchup.

@@madgavin7568 How do you think prime Rockhold or Jacare fares against Izzy?

@@aleksisuhonen5433 Prime Jacare was a fucking beast on the ground and had tremendous knockout power and prime Luke Rockhold has good kicks and wrestling and Jiu Jitsu

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Said no Dad ever

I wish my dad was as proud of me as Chris dad was of hik

I wish my daddy was still here to embarass me like Weidman's.

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Joe was dating a Rashida back in the day

Lol

I thank you for pointing it out

@Bo Mal Patriote costa and Romero look bigger than they actually are because they are heavily muscled Weidman is much taller and has and over all bigger frame he is Weid

This look like different weight class fight.weid at least 20pound heavier

What about israel adesanya he fights midgets and scared to move up against men his size

@@khabibistheking7686 The guy is razor thin

nah today's mw's are as big as he is, he was sort of the 1st of the new bigger mw at that time, Rockhold was right there but he had just gotten wheeled kicked by a roided up Vitor lol

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​@@anasshahid224i hope Weidmann can return to Octagon probably in next year, 2025.

Whenever he isn't being totally biased, yes, I agree.

accurate? 9 out of 10 hes biased.

It’s all scripted! Not hard to be accurate when you know what’s coming! No what I mean, brother!!! Hulkamania running wild!!!! Lol

no who knows, maybe if he picked his shots better it still wouldn't be enough to beat the bigger weidman

That’s how he’s always fought tho

I noticed that. Timing is great and all but sometimes he waited too long and ended up busted up.

Defense style fighting unfortunately isn't the way to win fights. Machida could have been even more a legend if he'd adopted more of an offense approach in his game.

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Weidman was a bit reliant on his chin throughout his career to take shots, once it went it affected his career badly. He didn't adapt and never recovered, such a shame because he's one of the best Middleweights ever, a fact overshadowed by Anderson Silva and more recently Israel Adesanya.

Me too, he was an aggressive ground and pound wrestler, not a cage pusher

Father Time gets us all. My coach who is 40 odd has been shut off in training by guys who would have hit him 4x harder in live combat. We just don't take damage the same as we age. We don't 'bounce back'. It's nothing you can lose or get back, it's inevitable. No declining chin. Just time and accumulaton.

@@madgavin7568 And the fact that his wins against Silva were not as decisive as Israel's was. Yeah he got a KO in the first one but that was after Anderson was picking him apart for the entire fight and decided "this guy isn't on my level" and chose to showboat and got caught. And of course the second win was a freak accident. But he went on to have one of the top 3 best MW title reigns of all-time (Anderson and Israel are 1 and 2), he didn't waste those two blessings.

@@joebenson528 Stop the revisionist history please. Silva was not 'picking him apart', Weidman was winning the fight off of activity. Also, Silva always used to fight like that in the past and rack up impressive wins to the point fans praised him for being 'in the zone'. Fickle fans only changed their tune once Silva lost. Did he take it up a notch against The Chris? Yes, but that was purely intentional as he was doing everything he could to make Weidman frustrated so he would make a mistake and Silva would capitalize with counters. Only The Chris was prepared for it so the taunting backfired. Both his wins against Silva were decisive because they were finishes and he was winning both fights. Second fight had a freak one in a million outcome, but Weidman was still winning that fight even more handily than in the first fight as he nearly finished Silva against with strikes in the first round after he rocked and dropped Silva off a clinch break. Silva fought worse in the rematch because his confidence was shattered from the KO, and his coaches will attest that Silva fights best when he's most confident.

Too bad we can't yet say it was the pre-round cocaine booster. One day maybe, at least for the bottom of divisions.

@@jimthompson8947 probably on something indeed

@@jimthompson8947 huh? Weidman has never done drugs. Your bugging. Good friend of mines from elementary and high school days.

O M G That sh*t was CRAZY dude!

hes fucked bro

He needs to fight Paulo Costa first. Him he cannot knock out.!!

What you mean prime? You mean steroids? Lmao he crumbled like everyone else once usada came

@@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut his chin got took by a Cuban missile

You're right, but many fans are still in denial because they still think Weidman's wins over Anderson Silva were flukes.

@@madgavin7568 Objectively speaking both wins were weird for sure but either way Weidman was one of the most complete middleweights ever before his chin gave out.

Luke Rockhold hurt Weidman badly. Yoel Romero made him chinny.

Even in this fight, he keeps his mouth open at all times. Machida does too but hes better at defending himself maybe. His chin lasted longer.

Rabby if he woulda started faster, a fresher weidman would have probably koed him

Machida was def not very close to winning this come on

@Kansas Geoff ohh! Ain't that cute!!! Remember , how Weidman hitted deck like a b1tch!?! Many times! And kicked out of promotion , - like a b1tch!!! Everyone , who just wanted to kick some biatch , then they turned to Weidman!!!

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@Kansas Geoff - Who's ass, Weidman's? He took the heavier and more shots. Machida just got into his game too late.

I started watching UFC with Chris becoming the middleweight Champ and now I dont miss any UFC event 😅

He was once the middleweight champ and rank 2 p4p fighter.

Undefeated too... PreUSADA Weidman was a boss.

@Alex Amaya Barely, he almost got finished and was saved by the bell. He was so afraid of Gastelum's standup that he kept diving for takedowns the whole fight.

@Alex Amaya Ha, I saw a much bigger man put on his ass hard in that fight. Gastelum was lighting him up like a Christmas tree. He was so superior than Weidman at striking that there was one point where he was just moving his head around and dodging all of his punches.

S T E R O I D S

He lost to top guys unlike anderson silva who lost to bums like giys with 4-9 recoed named takase

@@khabibistheking7686 what does your dumb comment have to do with what I said

@Fritz the Nogueira's and Henderson. There's a lot of people who can take damage.

@Fritz Ferguson has been fucked up... May be from all that meth or getting hit in the head but what are you talking about? Ferguson has been gone.

That's unfair, he was a great fighter.

@@gangstar8652 absolutely given. effective. but ploddingly unentertaining.much like the NHL'S "trap" which was effective but outlawed because it was boring and killing the game...

The Chris is pretty underrated, even till this day his championship reign doesn't get nearly the respect he deserves.

geez ...

Pre usada time

@@aldwinsoriano7927 he never used steroids

He is the MW goat tho he has ome of the best resumes in middleweight history better then Bisping's and Rockhold and Silva

@@khabibistheking7686 Silva are you crazy???? Silva was reigning champ and while he was champ went up to 205 and fucked guys up in the 1st round like it was nothing.

Machida is always spectacular noob!!!

LOL

And thanks for this one

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