{"id":146558,"date":"2015-05-29T04:50:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T11:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=146558"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:12:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:12:02","slug":"vitor-was-the-launching-pad-for-silva-likely-for-weidman-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/vitor-was-the-launching-pad-for-silva-likely-for-weidman-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitor Was The Launching Pad For Silva, Likely For Weidman Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145748\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187.png\" alt=\"Weidman on Belfort UFC 187\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC president Dana White isn&#8217;t concerned with champion Chris Weidman&#8217;s star power just yet.<\/p>\n<p>The boss talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.COM<\/a> about the middleweight champion and said that former champ Anderson Silva really didn&#8217;t get super big until he beat Vitro Belfort, the same man that Weidman just finished last week.<\/p>\n<p>White thinks that maybe Belfort will do that for Weidman too. Poor Belfort.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It takes time. You look at Anderson Silva and how long it took for him to even resonate. He really blew up after he beat Vitor, so maybe Vitor is the launching pad for all these guys.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What do most of you guys think of Chris Weidman, is he an entertaining champion?<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH Nick Diaz Train On The Beach &#8212; EXCLUSIVE! <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\">\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C  found at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.  --><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\"><\/script><object id=\"myExperience4236894392001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4236894392001\" \/><\/object> <!--  This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. 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