Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman makes the jump to light heavyweight to take on perennial contender Dominick Reyes in tonight’s UFC Boston headliner.<\/p>\n
Chris Weidman (14-4 MMA) will enter tonight’s UFC Boston main event looking for a fresh start.<\/p>\n
‘The All American’ went just 1-4 over his past five fights in the middleweight division, suffering knockout losses to Luke Rockhold, Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi and most recently Jacare Souza<\/a> during that stretch.<\/p>\n Weidman’s most recent win came in July of 2017 when he defeated Kelvin Gastelum by way of submission at UFC Uniondale.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Dominick Reyes (11-0 MMA) will be looking to keep his perfect record intact when he squares off with Chris Weidman this evening.<\/p>\n In his most recent effort at March’s UFC London event<\/a>, Reyes picked up a decision victory over former division title challenger Volkan Oezdemir.<\/p>\n Round one begins and Dominick Reyes comes out quickly with kicks. Chris Weidman shoots in and scores an early takedown. Reyes shakes his head in frustration and begins to wall-walk to get back to his feet. He does. Weidman still has him pressed against the cage. The fighters break and Weidman lands a body kick. Reyes replies with a counter right and Chris Weidman drops. Dominick Reyes jumps on ‘The All American’ with some massive hammer fists and this one is all over.<\/p>\n The left hand dropped him, the hammer fists finished him!@DomReyes<\/a> is FOR. REAL. #UFCBoston<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/knGFpIgijp<\/a><\/p>\n — UFC (@ufc) October 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n