{"id":145176,"date":"2015-05-22T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=145176"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:17:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:17:46","slug":"weidman-belforts-test-results-are-quite-the-discovery-45-ft0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-belforts-test-results-are-quite-the-discovery-45-ft0\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidman Reacts To Vitor Having Higher Testosterone Than Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vitor-weidman1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127885\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vitor-weidman1.png\" alt=\"Vitor-weidman1\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vitor-weidman1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vitor-weidman1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vitor-weidman1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vitor-weidman1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman finally gets to step into the octagon with challenger Vitor Belfort. Earlier this week, the out of competition <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fun-fact-vitor-belforts-pre-fight-testosterone-levels-higher-than-weidmans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">test results came back<\/a> for both challengers and Weidman thinks that Belfort&#8217;s numbers are a little out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seriously? So I&#8217;m 30 and he&#8217;s what, 38? Screw the T-E levels, how does he go from 12 ng\/ml to 5 ng\/ml? That&#8217;s crazy,&#8221; Weidman said during UFC&#8217;s media day. &#8220;I&#8217;m not worried, I will still have to beat him anyway. It&#8217;s just funny and quite the discovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the champion is upset about the results, Belfort doesn&#8217;t see the big deal. &#8220;My tests are perfect. 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