{"id":104507,"date":"2014-07-09T19:05:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T02:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=104507"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:53:11","slug":"the-skys-the-limit-for-weidman-says-ufc-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/the-skys-the-limit-for-weidman-says-ufc-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Sky&#8217;s the limit for Weidman,&#8221; says UFC Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/the-skys-the-limit-for-weidman-says-ufc-boss\/chris-weidman-dana-white-ufc-175\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104508\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104508\" title=\"Chris Weidman Dana White UFC 175\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Chris-Weidman-Dana-White-UFC-175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Chris-Weidman-Dana-White-UFC-175.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Chris-Weidman-Dana-White-UFC-175-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Chris-Weidman-Dana-White-UFC-175-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe sky\u2019s the limit for him. He\u2019s the first guy I\u2019ve ever seen so proud to be American&#8230; He comes off really well in every way, shape and form. The respect he showed Anderson (Silva), he\u2019s like, \u2018I love being aligned with Anderson Silva. He\u2019s the greatest ever and he deserves that respect.\u2019 It\u2019s good stuff. This was an important one \u2013 this was big for him. Everybody had to be thinking the same thing I was thinking. \u2018How is he going to get to Machida? How is he going to cut off the ring? How is he going to do this? He has a very deceptive style and everybody knows now Weidman\u2019s the man. He looked good tonight, and that was his first five-round fight. He\u2019s only getting better, just like Ronda (Rousey). Scary&#8230; He\u2019s undefeated, he\u2019s beat Anderson Silva twice, and Machida, and this is the first time he\u2019s ever gone five rounds. [It\u2019s] his second title defense and he\u2019s 12-0. Wow, that is impressive.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following last weekend&#8217;s UFC 175 event, UFC president Dana White discussed the potential star power he has in his middleweight champ, Chris Weidman.<\/p>\n<p>Agree?<\/p>\n<p><em>(Transcript via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/07\/dana-white-the-skys-the-limit-for-ufc-middleweight-champion-chris-weidman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com&#8217;s Mike Bohn<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe sky\u2019s the limit for him. He\u2019s the first guy I\u2019ve ever seen so proud to be American&#8230; He comes off really well in every way, shape and form. The respect he showed Anderson (Silva), he\u2019s like, \u2018I love being aligned with Anderson Silva. 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