Media Teh Chris looking TST

[kalabula]

Too many miles. He’s still got some gas in the tank. But certainly not enough to get the strap back.

 

[HHJ]

By then, everyone will have metal legs.

Hell fuckin yea!

 

[mmacrisis]

Chris should retire he did his thing but has nothing left and will only tarnish his legacy.

 

[laleggenda27]

Weidman was completely washed before the leg break. He had lost 5 out of 7 going into the Hall fight, and he was finished in all of those losses. Do you think a catastrophic injury and 2-year layoff somehow made him better, TS?

 

[checktheknuckles]

Dude is going to get KO'd brutally if he comes back. Better hope the UFC gives him guys outside of the top 15.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I'm ok with him fighting top 15-20 opponents for the time being

 

[Space_Trucker]

BTW I dont expect much from him and wish he'd retired awhile ago,but if he did win everything,Id be so happy

Teh Chris lost his focus after the 2nd Silva fight, hope he has it back.

 

[torry]

Thick and solid eh TS

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

 

[HaulParris]

would rather see him doing grappling matches for legends/retired mma fighters.

I agree. It would be awesome if instead of MMA/boxing/bareknuckle, Weidman/Jacare/Rockhold would grapple each other.

 

[Axe720]

Good for him. Got to feel good being fit, healthy, and mobile again after the hellish experience he suffered. Hope he's able to get one more win and ride off into the sunset.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

Teh Chris belongs to the Chuck, BJ and Cucuy club of fighting to the death.

 

[JustBleed69]

I don't know that it will save him, unfortunately. I wish Chris all the best, but I think his best years passed him by long ago and he's chosen to come back late in life after a career-altering injury against a stylistic nightmare in Tavares. Brad is a guy who would've given him fits and potentially even beaten him even before the leg snap against Hall. Now? I think he forces Chris to wrestle himself into exhaustion, stuffs most of the takedowns, survives any bad spots on the ground, and then starts stringing together combinations to win by lopsided Decision or late TKO.

I agree that Chris is way past it, but don't see any way Tavares gives peak Chris a tough fight
Peak Weidman was better at every facet of the game than Tavares, elite wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu and outstruck Machida over 5 rounds.

 

[KoChang]

More CTE incoming for teh Chris. Sad.

 

[Safton]

I agree that Chris is way past it, but don't see any way Tavares gives peak Chris a tough fight
Peak Weidman was better at every facet of the game than Tavares, elite wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu and outstruck Machida over 5 rounds.

I didn't say "peak Chris" lol. I said Chris before the leg snap, i.e. the guy who had been finished by Reyes and Jacare in recent years and gone to a sloppy Decision against Omari in his previous bout where he gassed after some grueling grappling exchanges by both men. Of course Chris in his prime is way too much for any version of Tavares.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I don't dislike Tavares at all. I actually really like him. BUT he's the kind of roundedness with no specialty that if Chris can't force his style and get a win here, he should hang it up, cuz he's never getting it back

 

[ChangeIsComing]

Looking his age imo, honestly Chris gets a boat load of shit thrown at him on these forums and not sure why tbh, many of the fights he was KO'd in he was winning and doing very well until well...he wasn't e.g. Romero, Souza and he screwed himself in the Mousasi fight big time.

He had some bad luck in all of his losses since losing to Rockhold (that was a legit beating) and should get a lot more respect for how good he is, however bad injury, long time away and 39 now. So it is hard to see him coming back and finding success getting back to the title, but perhaps to him just getting back in there and getting a W or two after that horrific leg break is more important. Regardless I hope that match him up with Marvin....that is a low risk fight that if he still has it in the tank he can win.

 

[Here's Johnny!]

Thick, Solid, Tight.

Weidman working the bag with Wonderbread. He looked pretty good in a losing effort during his last grappling match at Polaris against an elite Judoka. He was also giving up some weight in the match, ultimately lost a close decision.

What do you guys expect from Chris Weidman's return to MMA?

Are you trolling? I'm in better shape as just a random dude.

 

[StonedLemur]

If you have a wonderboy educating a my boy is it then boy on boy action?

lol

 

[IloveTHIS]

Hope he wins but I imagine another brutal KO loss