Chris Weidman: This Was My Destiny

Chris Weidman always had the confidence to step into the cage against Anderson Silva. He oozed it, but the question many had was whether he would be able to stop the man that had become unstoppable in the UFC’s middleweight division.

Weidman proved the doubters wrong Saturday evening, doing what 14 other men couldn’t do before him and stopped “The Spider” in his tracks, dethroning the long running champion.

Weidman spoke about the win on FUEL TV and explain why winning the fight was his destiny:

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