Speaking to Submission Radio, the former Middleweight Champion revealed that he accepted to fight Chimaev, and although he has to recover fully from the rib injury at present, he wants to have that fight sometime in January next year.
Chris Weidman on fighting Khamzat Chimaev
Chris Weidman said in the interview that he accepted the fight UFC offered him against Khamzat Chimaev. But he also mentioned that he had a cartilage rib injury to take care of, and would not be ready for a fight till mid-January at least.
Khamzat Chimaev has been on a 9-0 winning streak in his career, and 3-0 in UFC. But Chris Weidman refused to believe that Chimaev is someone who can throw him around inside the cage, no matter how good a fighter he is.
Chris Weidman recollected the losses of his career, claiming that none of his defeats except the one against Dominick Reyes was an easy win for his opponent, and implied that he is not someone who can be easily dominated in the Octagon. But before Weidman could get an opportunity to prove his point, UFC went ahead and matched Chimaev up with Edwards.
However, if Chimaev loses the fight to Leon Edwards, Chris Weidman would lose all the interest in fighting him at all. The only reason Weidman has been keen is to see for himself what all the hype behind Chimaev is about. But if Edwards goes on to “expose” him, Weidman said, then there was no point or purpose for Chris Weidman to take the fight anymore.
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