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Chris Weidman Says He Would Have Dominated Gegard Mousasi If UFC 210 Fight Continued

April 26, 2017 | Posted by Joseph Lee

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Chris Weidman said that he thinks he would have dominated Gegard Mousasi if their UFC 210 fight had continued. As it was, the fight was stopped and Mousasi was named the winner via TKO. He was hit with knees from Mousasi that were said to be illegal, then ruled legal. Here are highlights:

On what would have happened if the fight continued: “I think I would have gone on to dominate Mousasi and even finish him.”

On wanting a rematch: “I want a rematch with Mousasi more than anything. That was a big fight for me to come back up in contention for the title, it was a great fight for me to showcase my skills and go out there and dominate him. That fight got pulled from me.”

On getting hit with the knees: “As he’s putting my hands down to the mat, I’m coming up,” Weidman said. “And as I come up, I get kneed in the head and I’m like oh, look at that, I got kneed in the head. Now I’m in a position where am I going to keep getting kneed in the head or am I going to put my hands down. I know if I put my hands down on the mat I’m good, and this is in a split second. Maybe should I put my knee down but I was really in a bad situation. I don’t know if I could have really blocked the knees with my hand because he had my arms fully extended straight… I’m working off instinct at this point.”

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