ESPN MMA’s Marc Raimondi interviews Chris Weidman ahead of his return after over two years away due to a leg injury. Weidman describes the adversity he went through during his recovery and his mindset on fighting Brad Tavares in Boston. Daniel Cormier then drops in to say hello.
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47 Comments
Can you send Conor your detailed plan of how you got back? LOL
I like his attitude but he had no shot of getting the title BEFORE the leg break. Now a leg break and a two year layoff later? Just be happy if you can win a single fight, rooting for you either way
Too old 🎉come back for money..greedy 😅
99% of the fighters coming back from an injury let a lone a leg break and after all this inactivity it always ends up bad for them in the cage, hopefully it wont be like this with Chris but no matter what I think of him, I kinda doubt he will get a win, or a decent loss
Man the power of the human mind is incredible! Props to Weidman. Happy for the guy.
I love how they only let fighters who are analysts hold the mic 😂😂😂
Weidman needs to get back to his "im a killer" mentality, which i recall seeing when he elbowed Mark Munoz into virtual retirement. He doesn't have the same striking flair and hes average now. Argh😢
ESPN has to force its way into your home with the help of the UFC because on their own they’re WOKE and boring
This should be a short lived comeback, age is not on his side
Michael Chiesa taught me to never count on fighters that have been out.
Why this guy still fighting….😂
Him texting Connor saying if there's anything he needs he can help "walk" him through it
Chris "The Greatful All American Warrior" Weidmen
“In my prime” 🤦🏻♂️
However the fight goes it's good to see Chris back on his feet, that was a nasty leg break.
Dont throw a leg kick please for all of our sakes lol PULLING FOR YOU CHRIS!
Weidman is disrespecting
2wins and 6 loses last 8 fights and two years ago is a long time
Going to be another Kron Gracie at UFC 288
Kron Gracie is probably why they are doing this to you ,as they should!!!
He’s been named the All American for a reason. He shows what it truly means to be an American. Grit adversity and the courage to come back after that injury my hats off to you Chris
Weidman is GARBAGE.. Just another Josh koscheck after faking a knee to the face. How is anybody still supporting this liar? I demand an explanation.
Featured prelim gets more views anyways
I like Chris but his self entitled attitude is BS. Don't f**king cry about what you get make the best of what you get and quit acting like a gen z.
STILL MY BOY
DC fought and won a belt at HW.
Weidman at MW is bigger than DC.
That's MMA math for you.
"if i feel uncomfortable doing something, i'm just gonna do it (…) because i don't wanna feel that feeling of uncertainty." 3:54
what a mindset. i fear leaving my comfort zone.
this guy's intentionally going outside it, making it the new inside and just keeps going, expanding what is his home.
One touch to Weidman’s chin, and he will go to sleep
Ufc is so disrespectful they put him on the pre lims after coming back from a horrific injury AND they made him hold his own mic
DC here to RUIN ANOTHER THING.
respectfully, and this is just the take of a random guy on yt…
Chris has never been the best middleweight in the division. ever.
dude believes in his own mind he beat a prime and motivated anderson silva. in his own mind he believes he became better than what silva was. and it just aint it.
He's on the prelims because the ufc is being respectful because they believe, and because he is, finished. respect to him for capitalizing on andersons mistake and defeating him. but even then, he wasnt the best middleweight in the division. good luck to him, hes going to need it.
legend
We gotta save this guy from Jake Paul
🎉🎉🎉🎉 beat Brad Tavares and you'll get right back into the top 15🎯
HOW did this guy train!?! With that kind of injury healing.
Love Chris Weidman, but hes gonna bottle it, id say he gives up in 1 round..
I think GSP said that fighters have trouble retiring. It so bad to see. He has nothing to prove. This is pointless. I don't like wathing these veterans geting destroyed over and over again. Tony, Cerrone, Rokhold.. They always claim to be different, and they're not. And that's okay. Just let it go.
😂😅goats of this world
Chris needs to be retired. He's back only to get hurt again.
Brad gonna wreck Chris but good to see Chris back, will be a shame he's retiring immediately after this fight but hey it was a good run whilst it lasted.
That Brad ain't that good heaps of losers I think Weidman grind out a decision win
So disrespectful putting chris on the prelims
Keep up the good hard work Chris. Rooting for you.
Hope he wins
I think it’s crazy everyone is saying the only way mcgregor can return from such an injury is roids but here we have Weidman coming back from the same injury in two years
UFC messed up big time. Chris Weidman is super underrated. Prelim, Are u shitting me. Mark my word, he will be champ with right gyno!
YOU'RE A NOBODY, A NOTHING !
You need to prove yourself.
You've always been a whiner.
The biggest winning LOSER the UFC has ever carried.
What about Silva and his comeback ?
He's just as a Warrior, eh ?
Welcome back Chris Weidman 🙌🙌
Needs to detail his road out of fighting..