![]() I feel like I got two more fights and then I'm fighting for the belt and taking out Adesanya. And so these next two fights to me are my Demian Maia and Mark Munoz fights. I feel like I'm back to when I was 6-0, 7-0, trying to come up and get that fight with Anderson Silva and I had to make some statements. I really feel like I have a second career here and I'm trying to run up the thing. So while some may want to ease into a comeback, the “All-American” isn’t interested in such talk. In his tenth, he stopped future Hall of Famer Anderson Silva. By his eighth, he was beating Demian Maia, his ninth, he knocked out Mark Munoz. ![]() Remember, when Weidman debuted in the UFC, he had four pro fights. Not Chris Weidman 2.0 or 3.0, but the fighter that’s always had the attitude of fighting the best, no matter where he was at in his career. So I would love to be able to have that opportunity to go out there and be able to finish him and show that I'm not just coming back, but I'm coming back and I'm on a different level.” That's a guy who Dricus Du Plessis couldn't finish he had a barnburner with him. Chris Weidman reveals that his body is nearly back to 100 percent after suffering a horrific leg injury in his last fight and he’s already targeting a return to the UFC by mid-2022. That's a guy who Israel Adesanya couldn't finish. And then they called me back and they said, ‘Actually, if you're interested, Brad Tavares.’ I said, you know what, that's a tough guy. And I was ready to fight earlier, and I wanted to get back out there. And I was going to wait, and they said they could get me back in there September, October, November. So the UFC told me to wait until after International Fight Week (July). “I was saying (Jack) Hermansson, and I was saying Derek Brunson and they both weren't going to be ready in time. “I was looking for some other guys ranked higher,” Weidman said. He didn’t ask for a sturdy and respected veteran like Tavares. Then he was cleared to fight, and he went to the UFC. How am I so sure? After those rough early days of recovery, Weidman eventually got the green light to return to the gym. The difference with Weidman is that he’s telling the truth, at least when it comes to him wanting to get to the top of the middleweight division. It's what you wanted to hear from Weidman, but also what you expect to hear from any fighter returning from a horrific injury. And I know a lot of people are thinking, ‘Oh, he's just coming back to see if he can still do it or see where he is at.’ But not really. I swear to God, I feel like I'm in my prime right now. ![]() And then, afterwards, four surgeries and infections and all this crap, it's been really tough, but I've really grown mentally and physically. What happened to my leg, the angle that they had, it didn't show the gory part with the blood and the bones and everything coming out. “They didn't even show how nasty it really was.
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