UFC President Dana White has been banging the Chris Weidman drum since his impressive first-round stoppage of Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 last weekend, selling his Middleweight Champion as one of the next major stars of the promotion.
In speaking with UFC.com, White compared the run Weidman is currently on to that of a young Jon Jones establishing his dominance while clearing out the stacked UFC Light Heavyweight division.
“He’s on a Jon Jones-type run right now in the 185-pound division,” White said via UFC.com. “The thing is with Jon Jones is that he went four years taking out all the best 205-pounders in the world. Weidman is beating straight killers right now.”
“It takes time,” White said. “You look at Anderson Silva and how long it took for him to even resonate. He really blew up after he beat Vitor, so maybe Vitor is the launching pad for all these guys.”
Check out the complete Dana White interview at UFC.com.
