Scoring his first victory in nearly 4 years final night time on the primary card of UFC Atlantic Metropolis, former undisputed middleweight champion, Chris Weidman has defended his unanimous determination win over Bruno Silva – after touchdown a number of eye pokes forward of the ending sequence, suggesting the Brazilian was searching for “a approach out” of their conflict.
Weidman, a former undisputed middleweight titleholder, made his return to the Octagon for the primary time since 2021 final August, dropping a call loss to Brad Tavares in his first outing since he suffered a catastrophic compound fracture of his proper tibia and fibula.
Touchdown a slew of inadvertent eye pokes within the second spherical towards Silva final night time, which required a stoppage within the motion and a subsequent outing, Weidman then appeared to drop the previous halfway via the third spherical on the ft.
Scoring a TKO victory over the Brazilian, Baldwin veteran, Weidman was confirmed because the bout winner through that precise technique, earlier than use of the replay following the stoppage noticed the end result overturned to an egregious determination win for the New Yorker, regardless of touchdown at the least two eye pokes forward of the end.
Chris Weidman defends win over Bruno Silva in controversial victory
Defending his victory over Silva, Serra-Longo MMA staple, Weidman speculated that the previous was doubtless searching for a approach out of the primary card bout on the time of the ending, anyway.
“You’ve acquired to be at all times prepared, able to defend your self always,” Chris Weidman informed assembled media after his UFC Atlantic Metropolis win. “He (Bruno Silva) dropped once more. I don’t know – it was like, he was searching for a approach out. I don’t know. You may’t simply flip your again and fall to the bottom each time that your eyeball feels poked.”
Weighing up the choice of retiring previous to his return to New Jersey final night time, off the again of his victory, former middleweight champion, Weidman has since insisted he has no intentions to hold up his gloves after his win over Silva.
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