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Weidman Reveals What Makes Thompson Angry

Chris Weidman says there is exactly one thing that breaks Stephen Thompson's legendary calm — people talking during movie previews. Weidman, a longtime friend of the retiring welterweight, recalled an incident when Thompson turned around in a theater and cursed out a group of moviegoers before the feature had even started.

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Khamzat Chimaev Faces Chris Weidman At RAF Abu Dhabi

Khamzat Chimaev meets Chris Weidman in a light heavyweight crossover championship bout Nov. 14 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Real American Freestyle Wrestling announced the full card for RAF Abu Dhabi on Saturday, per MMA Mania.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / November 9

Chimaev Gets Weidman After Covington Pulls Out Of RAF

Khamzat Chimaev will wrestle former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman at RAF Abu Dhabi on Saturday after Colby Covington withdrew from the scheduled main event bout.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / October 20

Weidman On Romero's Cage-Night Transformation

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman says Yoel Romero looked like a different fighter between the weigh-in and their cage meeting at UFC 205.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / September 24

Weidman On Hokit's Path To Upset Gane At UFC 334

Former UFC champion Chris Weidman believes Josh Hokit can pull off an upset when he challenges Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight title at UFC 334. Hokit earned a shot at Gane after the Frenchman was elevated to undisputed champion status following Tom Aspinall's recent title vacation.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / September 8

Weidman To Join Commentary Booth At DWCS

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is reportedly set to make his commentary debut on Week 5 of Dana White's Contender Series Season 10. According to MMA Junkie, Weidman will join Laura Sanko and play-by-play announcer Dan Hellie in the three-person booth for the five-fight card at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas on Sept.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / September 7

Weidman Makes Commentary Debut On Contender Series

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will make his color commentary debut Tuesday night at Contender Series, marking his first assignment calling live fights from cageside.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / September 1

Weidman Recalls USADA Tracking Him Down On Golf Course

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman once had drug testers interrupt a golf outing to collect samples while his friends waited at the turn. Weidman joined Jorge Masvidal and Dustin Poirier on the Deep Waters podcast to swap stories about surprise visits from USADA, the UFC's former anti-doping partner, according to Sherdog.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / August 19

Weidman Questions Makhachev's GOAT Case After UFC 330

Former UFC champion Chris Weidman says Islam Makhachev hasn't earned greatest-of-all-time status despite breaking the promotion's consecutive wins record with his welterweight title defense at UFC 330.

MMA News / MMA Weekly / August 12

Chris Weidman: 'Ian Machado Garry needs to frustrate Islam Makhachev'

UFC 330 title challenger Ian Machado Garry has a tall order ahead of him. “‘The Future” will try to dethrone welterweight champion and top pound-for-pound fighter in the world Islam Makhachev in the UFC 330 main event on Saturday.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / July 31

Weidman Jokes Hill Looks 'Pregnant' At Heavyweight

Chris Weidman says Jamahal Hill looks pregnant at heavyweight. The former UFC middleweight champion and retired lightweight star Dustin Poirier roasted Hill's transformation during an episode of Deep Waters, MMA Fighting reports.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / July 30

Weidman Backs McGregor Return After UFC 329 Injury

UFC Hall of Famer Chris Weidman expects Conor McGregor to return from the ACL and meniscus tear that ended his comeback attempt nine seconds into the first round at UFC 329.

MMA News / BoxingNews.com / July 9

UFC Hall of Fame 2026 Class: Weidman, Gerbasi, Pereira Honored

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will enter the Hall of Fame in 2026, the promotion announced. Weidman joins the Modern Wing alongside longtime UFC writer and editorial director Thomas Gerbasi, who was named as a contributor inductee.

MMA News / MMA Weekly / May 31

RAF 9 results: Colby Covington narrowly defeats Chris Weidman

Real American Freestyle 9 took place on Saturday at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The event was headlined by the promotional debut of Olympic gold medalist freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson against Alexandr Romanov.

MMA News / MyMMANews.com / May 10

Chris Weidman named to UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2026

UFC today, at UFC 328, announced that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame’s ‘Modern Wing’ as a member of the Class of 2026.

MMA News / Yardbarker / January 24, 2025

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Ex-UFC champ Chris Weidman retires

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is retiring. The 40-year-old announced his retirement on Friday during the weigh-in for UFC 311, to be held Saturday night in Inglewood, Calif.

MMA News / Empire Sports Media / April 1, 2024

After controversial win at UFC Atlantic City, what’s next for Chris Weidman?

This past Saturday on the main card of UFC Atlantic City, we saw the return of a former middleweight champion. “The All American” Chris Weidman (16-7) was back as he took on Brazilian Bruno Silva (23-11).

MMA News / Field Level Media / March 31, 2024

Chris Weidman's first win in 4 years a controversial one at Fight Night

Manon Fiorot's fight with Erin Blanchfield -- a matchup of two top flyweight contenders -- was the main event at UFC Fight Night from Atlantic City, N.J., on Saturday night, but perhaps the most anticipated match of the night proved to be the most controversial as well.

MMA News / Empire Sports Media / March 31, 2024

UFC Atlantic City Recap: Chris Weidman gets decision win over Bruno Silva

On the main card of UFC Atlantic City, we saw the return of a former world champion. Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman (15-7) was making the walk potentially for the final time as he took on the dangerous Bruno Silva (23-10).

MMA News / Yardbarker / March 26, 2024

Is this the end of the road for ex-UFC champion Chris Weidman?

It was a long road back for former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman (15-7) after he suffered a broken leg during his UFC 261 bout against Uriah Hall (17-11).

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MMA News / MMA Knockout On SI / January 4, 2024

Former UFC Champion Chris Weidman Set to Face Feared Brazilian Slugger In Atlantic City

Chris Weidman will not be retiring yet, as he'll be back inside the UFC Octagon this spring. Following his unanimous decision loss against Brad Tavares back in August, many wondered what the future would hold for the "All American." Even UFC CEO Dana White expressed his desire to see Weidman retire.

MMA News / Yardbarker / August 21, 2023

Ex-UFC champ Chris Weidman not taking Dana White’s advice

“Chris, I love you. Please, please retire.” That was UFC President Dana White’s plea to former middleweight champion Chris Weidman (15-7) following his unanimous decision loss to Brad Tavares (20-8) at UFC 292 on Saturday.

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MMA News / Yardbarker / July 28, 2021

UFC's Chris Weidman needs another leg surgery after setback

Weidman's potential return was already up in the air even due to the seriousness of the original injury, and it seems unlikely he'd be cleared to compete in the UFC before late next spring at the earliest.

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