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[The Infamous]

wasn't he booked in a fight already?

Yep, they're finding somebody to replace him against Masvidal.

 

[Master Teacher]

Weidman looking to return April or May:

Weidman gets hurt before every fight, something is up with that

 

[The Infamous]

Anderson to Jones:

'Bro, I like you bro.'

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Belfort’s jiu-jitsu coach Gilbert Burns alluded to what that “one more option” could be when talking with Brazilian MMA media outlet TATAME.

Burns first explained why Belfort turned down the offer to fight Machida on short notice.

“We don’t think that is fair with Vitor [to] fight with a guy with such [a] different style and with nothing to lose,” said Burns. “He has been training for more than six months to fight an orthodox wrestler. Now he would have less than a month to prepare for a southpaw. I was the first one to say ‘no.’”

While Belfort isn’t interested in an interim title match against Machida, Burns says there are other fighters in the division that he would be comfortable matching Belfort up against.

“I think that a fight against Yoel Romero, Ronaldo Souza, Luke Rockhold or Mark Munoz wouldn’t affect the training so much,” said Burns “But against Machida it would be all different.”

Durinho and Vitor are like family, so I'll take his word over anybody elses in regards to this situation. The reasoning for not fighting Machida makes sense, and it's not like he's asking to face cans (other than Munoz).

 

[The Infamous]

Weidman gets hurt before every fight, something is up with that

Weidman has had injury problems before even starting his MMA career. Cain, Pettis and [to a lesser extent] Jose Aldo are also injury prone. Is there something up with them as well?

 

[Master Teacher]

Weidman has had injury problems before even starting his MMA career. Cain, Pettis and [to a lesser extent] Jose Aldo are also injury prone. Is there something up with them as well?

Jose Aldo has defended his belt twice a year, he's never missed back to back defenses

cain has been out twice and the injuries where years apart

Weidman is the only with consecutive injuries a month or two before a title defense is already scheduled to take place, it's not a comparison

pettis says his fine, he's not a month away from a fight

 

[The Infamous]

Jose Aldo has defended his belt twice a year, he's never missed back to back defenses

cain has been out twice and the injuries where years apart

Weidman is the only with consecutive injuries a month or two before a title defense is already scheduled to take place, it's not a comparison

pettis says his fine, he's not a month away from a fight

Pettis, Cain and Weidman are all very injury prone. Don't give me no bullshyt.

 

[Master Teacher]

Pettis, Cain and Weidman are all very injury prone. Don't give me no bullshyt.

Weidman's pulled out two fights in row within a month or two of the fight actually happening, cain never did and pettis never did that, what is bullshyt about that

fighters get injured, twice in row, as the fight is approaching, is something different

Weidman didn't miss fights until he won the belt

he pulled out a fight at the end of 2012, but he had already fought twice that year, plus he was next up for the title shot and didn't have a reason to take the fight

 

[The Infamous]

Weidman's pulled out two fights in row within a month or two of the fight actually happening, cain never did and pettis never did that, what is bullshyt about that

fighters get injured, twice in row, as the fight is approaching, is something different

Weidman didn't miss fights until he won the belt

He was injured 2.5 months before the scheduled fight in Dec and now 1 month for this injury.

Weidman has averaged more fights as champion than Anthony Pettis and is tied with Cain.

Pettis pulled out less than 2 months against Aldo. And he pulled out against Josh Thomson less than a month from the fight.

Weidman was injured at least twice before becoming champion. Pettis and Cain were less injured before they became champion. There goes that bullshyt.

 

[The Infamous]

What is your dumbass trying to prove? @Master Teacher

 

[Master Teacher]

He was injured 2.5 months before the scheduled fight in Dec and now 1 month for this injury.

Weidman has averaged more fights as champion than Anthony Pettis and is tied with Cain.

Pettis pulled out less than 2 months against Aldo. And he pulled out against Josh Thomson less than a month from the fight.

Weidman was injured at least twice before becoming champion. Pettis and Cain were less injured before they became champion. There goes that bullshyt.

Pettis has pulled out two fights in the row, pettis has many fights as Weidman since 2013 when Weidman won the belt, what are you talking about

Pettis has never pulled out twice fights in a row neither has cain, cain was injured in 2011 and 2014

It hasn't even been a year since Weidman pulled out from Machida
all I"m saying is something obviously a miss with Weidman

why are so upset, why do result to pettiness with every comment, why are you such a bytch

man go outside and jog man, jesus christ

 

[The Infamous]

Pettis has pulled out two fights in the row, pettis has many fights as Weidman since 2013 when Weidman won the belt, what are you talking about

Pettis has never pulled out twice fights in a row neither has cain, cain was injured in 2011 and 2014

It hasn't even been a year since Weidman pulled out from Machida
all I"m saying is something obviously a miss with Weidman

why are so upset, why do result to pettiness with every comment, why are you such a bytch

man go outside and jog man, jesus christ

 

[Master Teacher]

your the one who' mad not, how do you even figure this

I"m trying to figure what you are upset about

you are the one throwing the hissy fit, all I something I awry for him to be injured twice within a year

 

[The Infamous]

your the one who' mad not, how do you even figure this

I"m trying to figure what you are upset about

you are the one throwing the hissy fit, all I something I awry for him to be injured twice within a year

Why would I be mad? I'm in a good mood.

 

[The Infamous]

Durinho and Vitor are like family, so I'll take his word over anybody elses in regards to this situation. The reasoning for not fighting Machida makes sense, and it's not like he's asking to face cans (other than Munoz).

The UFC said they're going to offer him one more opponent. I wonder who could it be? Mousasi? Yoel?