{"id":231416,"date":"2017-04-04T10:31:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T17:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=231416"},"modified":"2017-04-04T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T17:35:21","slug":"ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman’s 2-fight skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

At one point in time, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman was considered one of the most dominant fighters on the UFC roster.<\/a> Unfortunately for ‘The All American’ that changed in 2015, when he found himself knocked out by Luke Rockhold in the 4th round<\/a> of their UFC 194 co-main event fight, which saw him lose the middleweight championship.<\/p>\n

Weidman was laid off on the sidelines for nearly a year with injuries before he returned to the Octagon in November at UFC 205 in New York. In that fight, the former champ looked to return to the win column in hopes of moving one step closer towards a shot at reclaiming the UFC title. Unfortunately for Weidman, he suffered the second straight defeat of his professional career, this time at the hands of Yoel Romero, who finished Weidman with a beautiful flying knee.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Yoel<\/p>\n

While many questioned Weidman’s sudden fall from dominance, his head coach, Ray Longo, believes his pupil plateaued. He spoke on The MMA Hour<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“If you think about it, there was only one way to go. You can\u2019t keep going up and up and up,\u201d Long said on Monday\u2019s edition of The MMA Hour (via MMA Fighting). \u201cSo we plateaued a little bit before. I think that\u2019s going to be the mantra. That\u2019s behind us, and we really had to go back to what got us there and really just move forward.”<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, it\u2019s always exciting working your way up to the top, and it\u2019s really hard to hold that. Who knows, I mean I think maybe we all got scattered a little bit. But we\u2019re all back. We\u2019re back. I really put a lot into this camp myself as a coach, and I got a lot of help from a lot of other people, which I appreciate. I\u2019m really psyched for this fight.”<\/em><\/p>\n

I would have never have thought we\u2019d be in this position, but we are and we\u2019re ready to tackle it and really write his comeback story, man.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if Weidman is able to return to the win column this Saturday at UFC 210<\/a> when he faces Gegard Mousasi in the co-main event.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 4\/4\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At one point in time, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman was considered one of the most dominant fighters on the UFC roster. Unfortunately for ‘The All American’ that changed in 2015, when he found himself knocked out by Luke Rockhold in the 4th round of their UFC 194 co-main event fight, which saw him lose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":179531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10095],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nRay Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman's 2-fight skid | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ray Longo explains why former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has gone on a 2-fight skid ahead of his UFC 210 fight with Gegard Mousasi.\" \/>\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\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman's 2-fight skid | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ray Longo explains why former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has gone on a 2-fight skid ahead of his UFC 210 fight with Gegard Mousasi.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-04T17:31:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-04T17:35:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chris-Weidman1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bjpenndotcom\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a\"},\"headline\":\"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman’s 2-fight skid\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-04T17:31:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-04T17:35:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/\"},\"wordCount\":385,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Chris Weidman\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2017\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/\",\"name\":\"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman's 2-fight skid | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-04T17:31:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-04T17:35:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ray Longo explains why former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has gone on a 2-fight skid ahead of his UFC 210 fight with Gegard Mousasi.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Chris Weidman\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman’s 2-fight skid\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA & UFC News, Results & Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a\",\"name\":\"bjpenndotcom\",\"description\":\"UFC NEWS - MMA NEWS\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenndotcom\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman's 2-fight skid | BJPenn.com","description":"Ray Longo explains why former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has gone on a 2-fight skid ahead of his UFC 210 fight with Gegard Mousasi.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman's 2-fight skid | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Ray Longo explains why former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has gone on a 2-fight skid ahead of his UFC 210 fight with Gegard Mousasi.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2017-04-04T17:31:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-04-04T17:35:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chris-Weidman1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"bjpenndotcom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bjpenndotcom","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/"},"author":{"name":"bjpenndotcom","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a"},"headline":"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman’s 2-fight skid","datePublished":"2017-04-04T17:31:36+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-04T17:35:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/"},"wordCount":385,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Chris Weidman"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/","name":"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman's 2-fight skid | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-04T17:31:36+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-04T17:35:21+00:00","description":"Ray Longo explains why former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has gone on a 2-fight skid ahead of his UFC 210 fight with Gegard Mousasi.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ray-longo-explains-what-led-to-chris-weidmans-2-fight-skid\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Chris Weidman","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Ray Longo explains what led to Chris Weidman’s 2-fight skid"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA & UFC News, Results & Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a","name":"bjpenndotcom","description":"UFC NEWS - MMA NEWS","sameAs":["http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenndotcom\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}