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Weidman is a way worse matchup than Hendo. Keep in mind too, that was a Hendo that just left the ring, just fought at 205 and he completely abandoned his wrestling by then (not to mention all Pride guys stopped using PED's while UFC guys knew how to beat tests - see Josh Barnett on subject) . Hendo was a slow head hunter who was getting rag dolled by Jake Shields at that point in his career, while Chael and Chris never neglected their wrestling and that was always Andy's weak link.
What?! Almost everything you just said is wrong.
Look, 13 months before the Anderson fight, Hendo ko'd Wand in Pride. Then 6 months before the Anderson fight Hendo fought Rampage for 25 mins in a grueling back and forth fight. THEN he fought Anderson, and beat Anderson (with wrestling mostly) in the first round and even hit Anderson with a big right hand....and Anderson choked him out in rd. 2. THEN right after that, Hendo beat Palhares, Franklin and Bisping....then lost to Shields but he damn near killed Shields in the first round of that fight. Anyway, right after the Shields fight Hendo beat Babaloo, Cavalcante, FEDOR, and Shogun....all in a row. Then he finally lost a split decision to Machida.
But yeah bro, if you wanna discredit Anderson's win over Hendo or say that Weidman was a worse matchup, you're just crazy, imo.