{"id":148980,"date":"2015-06-11T09:17:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T16:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=148980"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:05:17","slug":"throwback-weidmans-first-mma-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/throwback-weidmans-first-mma-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"THROWBACK! Weidman’s First MMA Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris Weidman competed in his first MMA fight back and 2009, four years before he stepped into the cage with Anderson Silva and shocked the world.<\/p>\n

The UFC middleweight champion posted this throwback Thursday photo on his Instagram, showing him months before his first ever fight, saying “This is the first time I ever posed with MMA gloves on”<\/p>\n

Are you surprised with how far he has come in a relatively short amount of time?<\/p>\n

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#tbt This is a few months before my first Mma fight back in 2009. The first time I ever posed with MMA gloves on. I had to take this picture to send to the first MMA promotion I fought for called the ring of combat. They needed me to send a pic for the bout poster. Crazy how time flies.<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Chris Weidman (@chrisweidmanufc) on