Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is looking to make his way back to title contention. With that in mind, the former title holder believes he can finish reigning champion Robert Whittaker.
Speaking on The MMA Hour, Chris Weidman offered his thoughts on a possible fight against Whittaker.
“Obviously for me, that would be best-case scenario is to fight for the title, to fight Whittaker. I feel like that’s a guy I match up really well against. It’s a guy, I’d go out there and I believe I could finish.”
“(Whittaker’s) very tough, he’s elusive, got kind of like a karate-style background. But I have great training partners. I have ‘Wonderboy,’ who actually knocked him out. He’s a family member of mine and just based on that it gives me extra motivation not to lose to him when I’ve got my brother-in-law who knocked him out.”
“How am I going to go to family functions if I go out there and lose to him? It’s definitely something that would play as motivation and give me confidence going into the fight.”
“But he’s a tough guy, he’s hard to hold down. I just feel like between my striking and the way I transition into wrestling and my grappling and my jiu-jitsu, I just feel like I’m too well-rounded for him. It doesn’t matter how tough the guy is.”
