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Chris Weidman gave critics a warning after his 1st round TKO win over Vitor Belfort, ‘join the team before it’s too late.’<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, Weidman has revealed that not only does he have his sights set on going down as the greatest middleweight of all time after already defeating numerous MMA legends, but he wants to be the best ever. <\/p>\n

He spoke to Vice<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was a trash talker, I\u2019d definitely get more attention, but that\u2019s not what I\u2019m really in it for. I\u2019m not in it for a short term thing, either. I\u2019m trying to become the greatest of all time. Notoriety and fame and all of that stuff will come. I\u2019m not in a rush for it. The more that people respect me as a person, and respect me as a fighter, I keep doing what I\u2019m doing, all of that stuff comes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This makes sense given that Weidman recently began talking about potentially setting up a superfight with Jon Jones down the line.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris Weidman gave critics a warning after his 1st round TKO win over Vitor Belfort, ‘join the team before it’s too late.’ Now, Weidman has revealed that not only does he have his sights set on going down as the greatest middleweight of all time after already defeating numerous MMA legends, but he wants to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":145598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWeidman: "I'm trying to become the greatest of all time" | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-im-trying-to-become-the-greatest-of-all-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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