{"id":368132,"date":"2020-11-17T09:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=368132"},"modified":"2020-11-17T09:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:01:23","slug":"breaking-chris-weidman-linked-to-february-rematch-with-former-foe-uriah-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-chris-weidman-linked-to-february-rematch-with-former-foe-uriah-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Chris Weidman linked to February rematch with former foe Uriah Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A middleweight rematch between former UFC champ Chris Weidman and <em>The Ultimate Fighter<\/em> veteran Uriah Hall is in the works for a UFC pay-per-view on February 13.<\/p>\n<p>News of this matchup was first reported by ESPN, the UFC&#8217;s broadcast partner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chris Weidman vs. Uriah Hall 2 has been verbally agreed to for UFC 257 on Feb. 13, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>The duo first fought in September 2010. Weidman beat Hall for the Ring of Combat middleweight title in what was his third pro fight. They\u2019ll rematch over a decade later in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1328736076610105344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Weidman and Hall first met in 2010, under the Ring of Combat banner, with the promotion&#8217;s middleweight belt on the line. Weidman won the bout, which was only the third of his professional MMA career, by first-round TKO.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, both Weidman and Hall have gone on to achieve great things in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Weidman captured the promotion&#8217;s middleweight title in 2013, when he scored a first-round knockout win over Anderson Silva in one of the most significant upsets in MMA history. He then defended the title in a rematch against Silva, and against Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort, before ultimately surrendering it to Luke Rockhold.<\/p>\n<p>Since losing the title to Rockhold, Weidman has endured an undeniable rough stretch. The former champ has gone just 2-4, losing to Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi, Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza and Dominick Reyes\u2014all by knockout\u2014and picking up a submission win over Kelvin Gastelum and a decision win over Omari Akhmedov.<\/p>\n<p>Uriah Hall, on the other hand, entered the UFC limelight as the runner-up on season 17 of <em>The Ultimate Fighter<\/em>. Since joining the UFC, he&#8217;s beaten fighters like Chris Leben, Thiago Santos, Gegard Mousasi, and Krzysztof Jotko, but lost to the likes of Robert Whittaker, Derek Brunson, and Mousasi. He&#8217;s currently on a three-fight win-streak with wins over Bevon Lewis, Antonio Carlos Jr., and most recently, the retiring <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/uriah-hall-releases-statement-after-koing-idol-anderson-silva-it-was-the-hardest-thing-i-ever-had-to-do\/\">Anderson Silva<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win this planned rematch between Chris Weidman and Uriah Hall?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A middleweight rematch between former UFC champ Chris Weidman and The Ultimate Fighter veteran Uriah Hall is in the works for a UFC pay-per-view on February 13. News of this matchup was first reported by ESPN, the UFC&#8217;s broadcast partner. 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