Chris Weidman Says He’s Tired Of Losing

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Chris Weidman spoke about getting knocked out by Yoel Romero at UFC 205. Here are highlights:

On feeling he had the advantage: “I just felt like there’s no way I’m losing. If I win this third round, it’s over. And I shot a takedown. If you watch, if you’re a technical person in the MMA game, when you fight a southpaw, you always put your head to the side of his front leg. You never go to the back leg. And every one of my takedowns I hit on him in the fight was to his front leg, my head to the outside of his front leg, which stays away from the danger of a knee or a heavy left hand. And the one time I shot to the wrong side, which I drilled a million times not to do, he came up with that knee.”

On suffering the brutal loss: “I thought I was on my way to winning the fight, and one mistake is all it takes, and that’s the beauty of this game. That’s why everybody loves to tune in and watch these fights, because at any given moment, any given fight, any given fighters, anything can happen. A fighter could win nine out of 10 times, but there’s always that one time. I’m not saying that’s me and Yoel, but it’s just, that’s what makes this sport beautiful. I was on the tough side of it that night. UFC 205 was the first fight ever in New York. It was a dream come true for me, and obviously I was definitely hurt after the fight as far as my feelings. I was upset, but I realized the blessings — just being a part of that event really was a dream come true, minus losing. The walkout, even fighting, I had fun the whole week. It was all great up until the loss, but even that, it’s just a part of the game and you’ve got to get right back on that horse and get back out there and get a ‘W.’ I just want to be done losing. I don’t want to lose anymore.”

On a possible move to the light heavyweight division: “I could walk around at like 215 (pounds). That’s kind of where I’m walking around right now, but a lot of these guys are walking around 230, so I would need a little time to go up. But to be honest with you, I really do feel like I’m the best in the world at middleweight. And my last two fights I haven’t shown it, so my words don’t mean anything. But me and my coaches and people around me believe in that. There’s definitely some contenders (ahead of me), but I feel like one or two, possibly three — I don’t know how many wins it will take (to get back into title contention), but I want to do it fast though. I want to fight probably in February and fight again two months later, three months later, whatever it is, and do it again. I just feel like with my accolades that I already have, and with the good competition that there is in the middleweight division, it doesn’t take me too many wins to get people excited about me fighting for the title again.”