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Anderson Silva Talks About His Legacy: “I Changed the Life of Chris Weidman” (UFC 162 Video)

BAD MMA News — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 05:31:36 +0000

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has inspired up and coming fighters all over the world, including his UFC 162 opponent Chris Weidman . Having accomplished all there is to accomplish in mixed martial arts, Silva’s legacy is now being a role model. Weidman has stated that he admires Silva and his desire to fight the champion has fueled him throughout his undefeated career. “I changed the life of Chris Weidman because Weidman fights for the belt Saturday. This is good. This is my legacy. This is more important for me,” said Silva during the UFC 162 open workouts on Wenesday. “This is very important. Weidman has a big chance on Saturday. This is very important. This is the sport. This is the UFC. It’s the best sport in the world.” Many feel Weidman may be the guy to dethrone the greatest fighter of all time and that Chael Sonnen provided a blueprint on how to do it. “Chael is Chael, Weidman is Weidman,” said Silva. “The UFC has the best fighters in the world. Not me, all of us.” Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter

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Chris Weidman not letting Anderson Silva into his head before UFC 162 main event

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0000

There’s really no precedent for what Chris Weidman is about to try to do. Sort of. Weidman (9-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) next week is tasked with trying to be the first fighter to take out Anderson Silva (33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC) in the UFC. When the only blueprint for getting your hand raised against Silva for the past eight or so years is to hope he does something to get disqualified (see Yushin Okami , 2006), any fighter has a tall order.

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Chris Weidman not letting Anderson Silva into his head before UFC 162 main event – MMA Junkie

King of the Cage Champ Wes Combs Just Following the Blueprint Laid Out Before Him

BAD MMA News — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:00:09 +0000

It took just over a minute for King of the Cage cruiserweight champion Wes “Soldier” Combs to successfully defend his title at KOTC: World Championships on May 25, raising his winning streak to four fights in a row. Following the game plan set up for him by coach Rob Nickerson of Reaction MMA, Combs knocked out Esteves Jones and finished his third fight out of four in fewer than two minutes. “My coach planned it all out and he told me to stick to the game plan, trust it, and that’s exactly what I did and I knocked him out,” said Combs. “The game plan was basically to go forward and throw the right hand. He liked to throw a lot of hooks, so I just had to beat him to the punch. So when he kept doing it, I stuck the game plan and dropped the right hand every time I saw him flinch and landed it on the button.” Ever since Combs relocated back to Kentucky and began working with Nickerson, he feels he’s peaking all over again. “I feel like the best I’ve felt in years,” said Combs

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