Chris Weidman is mounting one other UFC comeback.
A matchup pitting the previous UFC middleweight champion towards Bruno Silva is being focused for UFC Atlantic City, which takes place March 30 at Atlantic Metropolis’s Boardwalk Corridor. MMA Combating confirmed the focused bout with sources shut the scenario on Friday following an preliminary report by Laerte Viana, nonetheless the matchup has but to be finalized.
Weidman (15-7) as soon as once more seeks to return from harm after struggling a fracture in his leg halfway via his August 2023 loss to Brad Tavares. That bout was Weidman’s first following a 28-month layoff, the results of a devastating leg break Weidman suffered simply 17 seconds into his April 2021 matchup towards Uriah Hall.
In complete, the 39-year-old former champion has dropped 4 of his previous 5 fights and 7 of his previous 9 since his title reign ended with a knockout loss to Luke Rockhold in 2015.
Silva (23-10) has additionally fallen on laborious instances as of late. The 34-year-old Brazilian has misplaced 4 of his previous 5 bouts, sandwiching a win over Tavares between losses to Alex Pereira, Brendan Allen, Gerald Meerschaert, and most not too long ago Shara Magomedov.
Previous to that hunch, Silva kicked off his UFC run with a trio of stoppage wins, two of which ended within the first spherical.
MMA Combating’s Guiherme Cruz and Damon Martin contributed to this report.
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