![]() įor such a novice fighter to be so aggressive and technical in a pure grappling competition against one of the world's best speaks volumes to what a great MMA middleweight Chris Weidman may become. In 2011, Longo and Weidman LAW MMA opened, where they are instructors, owners, and operators in Garden City, New York. With his noticeable technique and skills, Weidman was encouraged to train full-time to fight. ![]() Toribio brought Weidman to Ray Longo's MMA Academy and introduced Weidman to Longo. When his dream was not attained, Weidman had to decide if he wanted to continue training for the world teams and Olympics or give MMA a shot. While coaching, Weidman trained for the Olympic trials. With full-time assistant coaching and graduate school at Hofstra, grappling had to be put on hold for a while. Weidman also took some submission grappling classes and within three months he competed in and won The East Coast Grappler's Quest in his weight class and the Absolute Division with all 13 matches ending in submissions. Weidman met Gabriel "Monsta" Toribio while attending Hofstra who invited Weidman to come to Matt and Nick Serra's BJJ Academy a few miles from campus in Levittown, New York to help some of the fighters with their wrestling. He was later a wrestling instructor of the university. Weidman graduated from Hofstra University with a bachelor's degree in psychology as well as a master’s in physical education. At Hofstra, he became a two-time NCAA Division I All-American, placing sixth at the 06' NCAA championships his junior year and third at the 07' NCAA's his senior year. ![]() He became the first junior college wrestler in history to be an NYS Collegiate Champion. He attended Baldwin Senior High School on Long Island where he was a Nassau County and New York state wrestling champion.Ī standout in college, he earned All-American wrestling honors twice at Nassau Community College before transferring to Hofstra. With his natural athleticism, he mastered the sport very quickly. Chris started wrestling at a very young age. He and his older brother were involved in numerous athletic activities. He is of German and Irish descent and was raised as a Lutheran. Weidman was born in Baldwin, New York, on June 17, 1984, the second of three children. Weidman retained the title for two and a half years, defending it three times. This ended Silva's 16-fight winning streak inside the UFC and his seven-year reign as the champion. In 2013, Weidman came to worldwide prominence by defeating Anderson Silva to win the UFC Middleweight Championship. He began his mixed martial arts career in 2008, and joined the UFC in 2011, soon amassing a 9–0 record. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion.Īn accomplished amateur wrestler, Weidman was a two-time NJCAA All-American and a two-time NCAA Division I All-American during his collegiate career. He is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he competes in the middleweight division. I wish his family well if you guys are watching.Chris Weidman at UFC 230 in New York City in November 2018īlack belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Matt Serra and Renzo Gracie Ĭhristopher James Weidman (born June 17, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist. ![]() “I feel so bad for him,” Hall said in his post-fight interview. Weidman has been admitted to a local hospital and will have surgery on Sunday, the UFC said on the pay-per-view broadcast. Referee Herb Dean stopped the fight, and Weidman was eventually stretchered out of the octagon at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. The Long Island native swiftly kicked opponent Uriah Hall right below his knee in the opening seconds of their middleweight bout at UFC 261 and immediately fell to the mat in agony after it appeared the lower portion of his right leg snapped. UFC 261 main event ends with stunning knockoutĬhris Weidman suffered a horrific leg injury on the first kick of his UFC fight on Saturday night. UFC star’s wife heartbroken after leg snaps in ‘horrible’ scene Gruesome UFC injury was just as bad as it looked What it was like covering one of the wildest nights in UFC history: ‘Absolutely in tears’ ![]()
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