{"id":243565,"date":"2017-07-04T08:47:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=243565"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:28:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:28:17","slug":"ufc-was-targeting-chris-weidman-vs-anderson-silva-3-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/ufc-was-targeting-chris-weidman-vs-anderson-silva-3-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC was targeting Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva 3 in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly four years after their first encounter in the Octagon at UFC 162 in 2013, The UFC was looking to cash in on the possibility of a Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva trilogy fight in Brazil.<\/p>\n

When the two met four years ago on July 6th, Wediman was an undefeated contender with a 9-0 professional MMA record, with five of those wins coming in the UFC. In just the second round, Chris Weidman shocked the world as he picked up a 2nd round KO win<\/a> to claim the middleweight championship. Five months later, a rematch saw Silva’s leg snap in a moment of horror, as Weidman retained his title.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/p>\n

Now, nearly four years after the first fight, both men are on different courses than they once were. Silva recently snapped a losing streak by picking up a unanimous decision win over Derek Brunson at UFC 208; Weidman however is currently in the midst of a 3-fight skid that most recently saw the former champ drop a TKO loss<\/a> to Gegard Mousasi at UFC 210 in April. Now, nearly four years later, You could argue that both men are once again at a place in their careers to fight one another once again.<\/p>\n

According to Weidman, who is currently gearing up for a pivotal fight with Kelvin Gastelum on July 22nd, the UFC actually wanted to have a Silva-Weidman trilogy fight after Gastelum was pulled from his fight with Silva due to a failed drug test for marijuana.<\/a><\/p>\n

He spoke on The MMA Hour<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UFC was asking me if I would fight Anderson Silva. This was, I think three and a half weeks before that fight was going on. In Rio. And I\u2019m just like \u2018no\u2019. I was still getting things checked out on my body, and going to different doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had just gone to Vegas, got it all checked out. I already beat the guy twice, I\u2019m going to take a fight on short notice and head to his hometown to fight him? I\u2019m like \u2018yeah, that\u2019s not happening. If you want me to fight Anderson again, bump it up a couple of weeks, if you want to do it in Nassau Coliseum or some other time, but I\u2019m not going to do it on short notice.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/4\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly four years after their first encounter in the Octagon at UFC 162 in 2013, The UFC was looking to cash in on the possibility of a Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva trilogy fight in Brazil. 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