‘I need to get a freaking ‘W’- Chris Weidman knows his UFC career is on the line
Former UFC middleweight champion will look to get back into the win column at UFC Las Vegas 6.
Weidman is currently 1-5 in his past six fights. All five losses have come against champions or former title contenders.
But in professional sports all that matters are wins and Weidman hasn’t been winning lately.
“It’s a very tough sport. It’s a fickle sport,” Weidman said when speaking to MMA Fighting. “The fans are definitely tough. But it’s also kind of motivating. You want to remind them. I’m 1-5 in my last six fights. But you look at who I fought and then one person I beat [Kelvin Gastelum] and he’s done pretty good himself. In all those fights, other than my [Dominick] Reyes fight, I was winning the fight. It’s just kind of the way it works sometimes.
“You fight all these really good guys, you’re not always going to get your hand raised. There’s definitely randomness who wins that night. Random things that happen. It doesn’t necessarily mean that person is the better person in the fight.”
Originally Weidman was offered many opponents but the fights were never finalized. At this point, Weidman was just ready to fight.
“I just wanted to fight,” Weidman said. “I honestly didn’t really hear of him leading up. I was like who’s that? Even my manager didn’t know. Then I looked him up and he’s been on his way up. He’s been in the UFC for a while, kind of going back and forth between welterweight and middleweight.
He will face Omari Akhmedov who is on a 5-0-1 record.
“He’s on a nice win streak and he’s ranked in the top 15. It’s one of the first times I’m not fighting someone in the top five but he’s a tough kid. I think it’s a really good matchup.”
Weidman knows his back is against the wall and the pressure is on to perform.
“I need to get a freaking ‘W,” Weidman said. “I need to get back on my winning ways. I think I have a lot of advantages in this fight but when you’re in there, you never know what’s going to happen.
“I’m taking it very serious. He’s tough but when I look at the guys I’ve fought, I don’t think he’s up there as far as the most talented. I think that’s a fair statement without knocking him.”
