Nyheter

Chris Weidman lovar att visa sitt forna jag i kommande matchen mot Gegard Mousasi

Den forne mellanviktsmästaren Chris Weidman står just nu med två raka förluster mot Luke Rockhold och Yoel Romero, där han dominerades och avslutades via KO/TKO. Nu kommer han att ställas inför den mycket tuffe motståndaren Gegard Mousasi under UFC 210 och lovar att han där kommer att demonstrera sitt gamla jag.

Det här berättade Weidman via MMAFighting:

I want to get that belt back and fighting the toughest guys in the division is the way to do that. I don’t take that last loss and think I need to be some guys who aren’t on my level up to get my confidence back. I know exactly what I did wrong and what I have to do differently, so I don’t need to fight any guys to get my confidence level up. I’m just as confident as i was. I feel like Mousasi is a great fight for me to get back on my winning ways and get close to fighting for the title again.

Weidman stod tidgare med 13 raka vinster innan mötet med Rockhold under UFC 194. Tidigare såg det ut som att ett möte med Robert Whittaker var på väg att bokas, men tvekade sedan inte när erbjudandet att möta Mousasi presenterades.

I think this was the only real option. At first they mentioned Whittaker which we were cool with, then they said Mousasi which we were cool with. It was a matter of when we were going to do it, it was a date issue. I was still healing up and I didn’t want to jump the gun and sign up for a fight that I wasn’t going to be prepared for. April 8 is perfect, I think Mousasi is a perfect opponent, he’s been calling me out so it’s even a bit more motivating to give him a beating, so I’m pretty excited with how this worked out.

He was implying on Twitter as if I turned down a fight with him,” Weidman said. “Which was one of those things like I’ve never turned down a fight in my life, so right away my ego is going in like this guy wants me to start cursing him out and going nuts and telling everyone the truth. I’m like whatever, let’s get this date and get the fight signed. Once he started talking, I was like this is the guy I want, I’m going to make him pay, but I didn’t feel like going on a whole Twitter rant about it. I just made sure this fight was the one that was going to happen.

Weidman är säker på att han under UFC 210 kommer att ta sig in i vinstkolumnen igen.

This next fight, a lot of mistakes I made the last two fights, this fight is going to be going back to the old me, going back to beating the crap out of people.

 

Föregående artikel

Julianna Pena – I Fear No Fighter

Nästa artikel

Johny Hendricks lovar att gå i pension om han förlorar i mellanviktsdebuten mot Hector Lombard

Skriven av

kimura

Relaterade Artiklar

Sök