Den forne mellanviktsmästaren Chris Weidman hoppas att han är näste man på tur att ställas mot UFCs mellanviktsmästare, Robert Whittaker. Enligt Weidman själv har han MMA-kunskaperna till att besegra Whittaker, samt att han har bättre träningskamrater.
Weidman syftar på Stephen ”Wonderboy” Thompson, en av få som lyckats knocka Robert Whittaker (UFC 170). Genom MMAfightig sade den forne mellanviktsmästaren följande.
Whittaker’s very tough, he’s elusive, got kind of like a karate-style background. But I have great training partners. I have ‘Wonderboy,’ who actually knocked him out. He’s a family member of mine and just based on that it gives me extra motivation not to lose to him when I’ve got my brother-in-law who knocked him out. How am I going to go to family functions if I go out there and lose to him? It’s definitely something that would play as motivation and give me confidence going into the fight.
But he’s a tough guy, he’s hard to hold down. I just feel like between my striking and the way I transition into wrestling and my grappling and my jiu-jitsu, I just feel like I’m too well-rounded for him. It doesn’t matter how tough the guy is. I’m ready to go, hopefully around that September, October, November time period.
Weidman hoppas att nästa match blir om titeln, men är villig att ta en match emellan, om så inte blir fallet.
I really don’t have a problem if I really have to fight another fight before a title fight, I’m ready. I feel like I’m the best in the world, so anybody I have to beat, I gotta do it to prove myself.
Weidman gick sin senaste match mot Kelvin Gastelum under ’UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum’, en match han vann genom arm-triangle choke i den tredje ronden. Vinsten innebar att Weidman bröt sin förlustsvit på tre raka matcher.
