Under helgen meddelades det att Chris Weidman skadat sig inför titelmatchen mot Vitor Belfort, och att det planerade mötet vid UFC 184 ställts in. Nu meddelar Weidman att han bara kommer bli borta i runt 6-8 veckor, och detta hade han att säga om skadan via ”The MMA Hour”:
I got depressed for a couple of days. It’s kind of coming out of it now, it’s just really tough. I fought through so many injuries. I fought with them every time. There’s always nagging injuries, but I’ve fought through significant injuries that most guys would have not. I would have been more than willing to do something like that for this fight if it was to come up. But this was just something that I couldn’t do.
It just sucks because Vitor is such a great matchup for me. I just heard you say that he wanted to fight Mark Munoz, this guys is a mental midget. I would go in there with anything, I just need to be able to move a little bit. It just sucks real bad.
I don’t like to take jabs at people all the time, other fighters, I have a lot of respect for them. I watched a lot of tape leading up to this fight and I have respect for him, I think he’s a good fighter and it would be a good test; but, when he starts talking like I pulled out three times, it just doesn’t make sense.
Något nytt datum för titelmatchen har ännu ej färdigställts, men möjligtvis ser vi dem fightas så tidigt som i maj.
