UFC:s mellanviktsmästare Chris Weidman som har lyckats besegra Anderson Silva två gånger i följd, en gång via KO och den andra via ett olyckligt benbrott. Dana White har tidigare uttryckt att Silva ska få en till chans på titeln vid vinst mot Nick Diaz, något Chris Weidman inte håller med om.
Som en gäst under måndagens MMA Hour med Ariel Helwani diskuterades Silvas match mot Nick Diaz som gick under helgen. Weidman var ganska tydlig med att han inte tycker att Silva förtjänar en chans på titeln och pratade lite om matchen i sig.
”It was a very weird fight. I have a lot of respect for both fighters, especially Anderson, fighting him twice. I’ve actually grown to respect Anderson even more. I spoke to him a couple times at The Time is Now event and i think he really has grown as a person. He’s a likable guy, he really has become a family guy, more spiritual. I think he’s just really grown as a person, so I have a lot of respect for him.”
Weidman fortsätter, ”In the fight, you know, I’m happy that he came back. He was healthy, he was able to go out there and get a W. But do I think he looked impressive? No. I don’t think he’s what everybody thought Anderson would look like and what he could do to Nick Diaz. There was a lot going against him with the leg injury, it didn’t seem like he was kicking the legs as much as he usually could. But, you know, I don’t know. I don’t think he deserves a title shot. There’s a lot of other guys that I think are better than him right now.”
Chris Weidman förklarar sin syn på situationen om han skulle få chansen att möta Anderson Silva igen i framtiden. Han tycker att det är dags för brasilianaren att lägga upp handskarna på hyllan men han är samtidigt kluven på grund av den ekonomiska vinsten den matchen skulle bidra med.
”Being the champion, I know this ends up going further than I’d even want my comments to go, because my opinion, I don’t think, really matters that much and I don’t want it to weigh on him at all. But me as a fan, if I’m just a normal person, I want to see him done,” sa Weidman.
”As Chris Weidman, as me, it’s a big money fight, a third fight eventually. But I’d really just like to see him retire. I think he’s got a great family, he’s got five kids, he’s made a lot of money, he has a great legacy. He just won a fight. I wouldn’t mind seeing him retire on a ‘W’.”
Anderson Silva har själv sagt att han behöver två till tre matcher innan han får en chans på titeln men samtidigt sagt att det är ett beslut som Dana White får ta.
