Chris
Weidman will make a decision regarding his future in the
Octagon as his next bout approaches.
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Weidman (15-7) suffered a career-threatening leg break in a rematch
against Uriah Hall at
UFC
261 in April 2021. After two years of rehab, the former
middleweight champion returned to action against Brad
Tavares at UFC
292 in August 2023. Weidman suffered a unanimous decision loss,
which made it 2-6 for “The All-American” since dropping the
crown.
Weidman is now slated to face Bruno Silva
(23-10) at UFC
Atlantic City on March 30.
The Baldwin, New York, native recently revealed that he wasn’t sure
if he would return to action after the bout with Tavares and will
make a decision regarding his retirement as he approaches his
upcoming Octagon outing.
“Honestly, I wasn’t sure. I’m setting myself up for the future, and
I wasn’t sure,” Weidman told Daniel
Cormier. “I was kind of listening to my body and trying to get
healthy. Mentally and motivational-wise, and technique-wise, I
still think I’m top of the world, but my body’s just taking a
beating.”
“This could be my last fight. I’m gonna kind of make that decision
throughout the training camp and see how I feel. If my body can
handle a hard training camp again, and it might be the last one, it
might not be.”
UFC Atlantic City also holds special significance for the
middleweight legend as he kicked off his professional mixed martial
arts career in the same city in 2009.
“The reason why I even took this fight pretty quickly: it didn’t
even matter who it was because it was offered in Atlantic City.
That’s where I started my career [in] Atlantic City because at the
time, MMA wasn’t legal in New York. So, the New York guys had to
fight in Ring of
Combat in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and so I just think it
would be pretty cool to go back there where it all started and see
how I feel and go from there.”