By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
“The All-American” Chris Weidman has announced his retirement on Friday. The 40-year-old ends his career with a 16-8 record.
Weidman is initially from New York and lost his final fight. He was defeated by Eryk Anders at UFC 310 by TKO (Punches) in the second round on December 7th, 2024.
“Since I decided to get into this sport (in) 2009, the goal was to be a UFC fighter,” Weidman said on his social media account. “Then immediately the goal was to become a UFC world champion. 14 years later, I’m here to tell you guys I’m hanging up the gloves in the UFC. I just want to thank the UFC for all the opportunities they give me. It’s become a family from the Fertitta brothers, to Dana White, to Hunter Campbell, Joe Silva, who’s the guy, the matchmaker who brought me into the UFC originally, Mick Maynard, and all the staff from the UFC. They’re all just like family.
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“They’re just amazing people. I want to thank my family for supporting me throughout all these years, through the ups and the downs. My coaches, you know, Ray Longo, Matt Serra, Jeff Jimmo, when I moved down to the Carolinas. All my training partners, shout out to John Volante, who’s my main training partner. Oh, but there are so many of them that helped me get to where I’m at. And my life has changed in just so many ways that I never would have expected if it wasn’t for the UFC.”
The 40-year-old, who was born in Baldwin, New York, competed in the UFC Middleweight class. He also competed for one year in the Light Heavyweight class.
Since he moved to South Carolina, he fought out of Simpsonville, South Carolina. Weidman had six wins by knockout. He also had six decision wins and four submissions.
Seven of his eight losses came via the knockout. He also had one loss by decision.
Weidman’s last win came close to home on March 30th, 2024, when he defeated Bruno Silva at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His win was initially ruled as a TKO (punches) win despite Silva complaining about eye pokes.
However, the Commission changed it to a technical decision due to Silva suffering an eye poke that led to the stoppage.
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“So I’m just super grateful,” Weidman said. “I want to thank the fans for the support over the years, from the ups and the downs, the same thing. I’m just super grateful for their support. It’s been a ride from being an undefeated world champion and being able to beat one of the greatest of all times in Anderson Silva, and then being able to defend my belt three times against some of the greatest legends of the sport. And then even from, you know, the amount I’ve learned about myself and dealing with adversity and injuries, I’ve had 30 surgeries, and I put my body through a lot. And to be able to overcome a lot of that, it was always tough.
“Just proud that the UFC gave me an outlet to be able to compete against some of the best guys in the world. Proud of the resume and the type of guys I was able to fight. I respect them all so much. And I don’t know what else to say. I’m just very grateful. It’s a weird one. I’ve been calling myself a UFC fighter since 2011. And today, I think maybe for the first time, I can’t say that.”
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