Chris Weidman has the best timing in MMA right now

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A lot of people don't understand his success. They think he is just a strong or tenacious wrestler with some great top bjj. The fact is, Weidman's success is all timing. He is able to capitalize on small mistakes his opponents make, and quickly. It's not always a counter, sometimes it's just seeing a split second chance for something and having the fighter IQ to go for it. IF all he had was great wrestling and bjj, he would just be another dime a dozen mma wrestler, grinding his way to a pretty good record, once in a while impressing people by dominating a guy who is really good at stand up but has no takedown defense. You all know fighters like this, I am sure you can think of 5 off the top of your head.

Knee to stomach, opponent crouches for tenth of a second, got that choke

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The people's elbow, one of the best counters in MMA's history

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Dropping Maia, the dude who dropped Chael. No that's not pure power, if you notice Maia was reaching for Chris's left leg, he was thinking Chris is gonna knee him, Chris felt the arm touch his leg, knew Maia thought a strike is coming and reacted with a throw. No one even noticed.

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Lucky KO? Insane KO power? Great standup? None of the above, super human timing.

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It'll be even better if he beats Silva again
 
Yeah he's pretty good, lets see how he does in the rematch, my brain is telling me Anderson Silva crushes him in the rematch, but my heart says Weidman wipes the floor with him, I've never been this 50/50 on a match before.
 
I agree TS, the thing that makes Chris Weidman special isn't his wrestling or his BJJ it's his fight IQ, the guy was born to fight and if you have watched his fights it's pretty obvious, he learns so fast and does too many things correctly, it's crazy how good his fighting instincts are.

His timing is the reason he has such a high success rate on his takedowns.
 
Thought this was gonna be another fake Weidman love affair troll thread but was actually good.

Such amazed. Much logic.

Wow.
 
THC POSITIVE said:
You said that after first Cain and JDS fight lol :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:
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What are you talking about?

What does Cain and Cigano have to do with this?

Keep confirming your stupidity, brah. You're great at this Sherdog thing.
 
In the first GIF it looks like a Machida knee on a weared out Shogun.
 
Agreed TS. Very good observation of you. And I think Weidman will beat Silva again in the rematch. I am guessing the odds will still be in favor of Silva, so I wish I will be in Vegas for this.
 
It was clear from even before his UFC debut that Weidman is just one of those people who understands fighting on another level than most.
 
Nope. He's a good fighter who's had some good fortune. His timing was awful when he was standing with silva before the ko. Silva will wreck him.
 
ostlerrage said:
Nope. He's a good fighter who's had some good fortune. His timing was awful when he was standing with silva before the ko. Silva will wreck him.
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Yep. You just don't know what you're talking about.

Weidman does have great timing, good gifs TS. Theres only one guy who might have better timing than him at MW.
 
okusa said:
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I don't know how people can see this gif and say it was a lucky punch. Before he's even finished with the backfist you can actually see his eyes lock on Silva's chin and then he throws the left exactly where he's looking... it was timed, not luck.

There is even an article from BEFORE their fight where his striking coach discusses how Anderson slips punches (using the Griffin fight as an example), always left-right-left-right and that the proper combo could catch him slipping the wrong way into a punch. This was something that was practiced.
 
ostlerrage said:
Nope. He's a good fighter who's had some good fortune. His timing was awful when he was standing with silva before the ko. Silva will wreck him.
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Really? Then I guess all of Silva's past opponents have no timing, and no fortune, right? Okami didn't do anything, so I guess his timing is non-existent then, huh? Also Maia was being inadequate in the cage against Silva, so I guess his timing sucks ass too? And boy, Griffin and Bonnar were hitting air, so why were they even fighting in the UFC?

Weidman knocked him out in the SECOND round. Anderson Silva is considered one of the all time greats for a reason. He makes other fighters look bad. But unfortunately, he's met his match in Chris Weidman, even with his "awful" timing...
 
yeah his fight IQ is higher than most of fighter in UFC
i agree 100 percent with what TS said, and i can also said that Weidman is the most well rounded fighter in UFC today, GSP could be number one but His striking is little overated while Wiedman Ko Anderson, the so called the best "striker" in MMA history
 
THC POSITIVE said:
I'll revive this thread in 1 month with gif of Weidman being unconscious
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not going to Happen Brah
just watch the first fight, he completely destroy Anderson what makes you think he will beat him in the rematch
 
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