Free Fight: Chris Weidman vs Lyoto Machida | UFC 175, 2014 

@Bo Mal Patriote Don't forget that sweet Vitor Belfort KO too

My all time favourite this was actually the first PPV I got to order at home best birthday present I got

Nathen Terry 😂😂

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@Mel Gibson roided? 😂 nice troll Mel

@King Smokes I thought the robok contract was up this year. It's a long shot but if they don't resign who know. Lol who am I kidding. Ufc is greedy

Nothing says badass like the word MiLK boldly printed across your junk.

If they do, both fighter will wear the same sponsors

@@joshuakehl5891 Even better it's MONSTER MILK

Brison Crow They’ll just renew the contract, simple as. If they don’t they’ll just find another sponsor. I doubt these old and gold fighter wear will ever return.

Wondaboy

@@SuperCamineros that’s about it tbh.

i think the sport has evolved to much for traditional styles to be effecktive enough, but who knows.

@@moritzbierdimpfl7233 no that is not true, we are still seeing traditional techniques have great effect

I dont like the representatives of karate in mma so far. They don’t seem like the best guys, but Machida might be ok

Mee too

@@bobsmith962 me 3

Hahaha same

Same lol ,just got back from working back to back shifts at casualty.

Same here 5:50 am haven't slep yet. Totally forgot about this fight.

Shut up don't give them props for something they should be doing always but refuse to cause they are greedy bastards

They aren't doing it because they are great, it's cause the competition (ONE Championship) is doing it, so it's just to keep it current!

@@bart4543 your a fucked up person for not supporting something you like. You should buy PPV

@@vlahell And this is why competition is great for the industry. Hopefully fighter pay will become more competitive too.

Hey Marcel ! The UFC doesn't give a shit. ☕ 👀

He was tough man.. wow..i thought the same thing you did..i didnt remember he was so good

@@stndupforusa8964 He's arguably the best MW of all time lol

@@wergar_the_warwolf6834 I mean, that's very arguable.

@@wergar_the_warwolf68341. Silva 2. Adesanya 3. Whittaker 4. Bisping 5. Weidman

@@ChunkyPuffsRaichu Best and greatest are 2 diff things. Best? Rob, Weidman/Izzy, and Yoel is a “can beat all three” Greatest? 1) Silva or Rob. 3) Izzy. 4/5) Weidman or Yoel

He was good in the 4th, but got his ass wooped in the 5th

@@yoavzafrir9737 Idk about being wooped in the 5th .....

Potentially Gaethje with Khabib and Tony ...

It's called progression.The sport evolves as time goes by.With better training and knowledge,fighters get better as the years go by.Modern fighter is skilled in TDD,jiu Jitsu,Striking,Clinches etc.Thats why fighters from the past won't even make today's top 5

Matchups bro. They all have different strengths and weaknesses

Rohnit all of the previous eras pave a road for these younger fighters in the future, whether it’s sparring/looking at tape and learning from their successors. Gracie started this and then we’ve received the (Prime) Randalman’s, Fedor’s and Nogueria’s.

adesanya vs romero wasnt even a fight

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I feel if the dragon kept throwing that body kick he would of kept the momentum and maybe finished him

I still wish machida won tho lol

Yes! This has always been one of my favorite fights. Machida is probably my favorite fighter, but there's no shame in losing this one. Both brought everything they had.

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S1iznc1d3 If you saw no karate, I don’t think you understand karate or MMA lol.

Shut up😂😂😂😂😂

Said no Dad ever

I wish my dad was as proud of me as Chris dad was of hik

I wish my daddy was still here to embarass me like Weidman's.

@@Test7017lxffffffu_,,( 😤👀💘

Reminds me of Jan vs Reyes

Unless people have ever done martial arts and fought, they have NO idea the power and damage of these kicks from a true black belt. Video is not real time. 1 of those body kicks would totally debilitate an average street person.

I really do think a prime Chris Weidman could and probably would beat Izzy today. Weidman fared pretty well against elusive counter-strikers thanks to his cage-cutting, patient striking, strong wrestling and Jiu Jitsu skills. He was a bit reliant on his chin though, which against more aggressive and explosive fighters like Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero proved his undoing.

@@madgavin7568 I think Izzy would knock him out prime or not the games evolved a lot

@@dawg4769 The game has evolved somewhat yes, but Chris Weidman's style is still a nightmare matchup for Izzy as Chris' style was tailor made to fight Anderson Silva who has a similar style as Izzy. Weidman would have done things to Izzy other Middleweights today are not doing, for instance clinching up when Izzy's back is against the cage, pressuring him constantly and also cutting off the cage to nullify his elusive footwork. Checking leg kicks and performing takedowns in the open are also keys to victory for him as well. Robert Whittaker would probably knock Weidman out because he's a stylistic nightmare for him. But against Izzy? Prime Weidman has the best shot out of any Middleweight presently to beat him, in fact I'd go as far as to favour him in that matchup.

@@madgavin7568 How do you think prime Rockhold or Jacare fares against Izzy?

@@aleksisuhonen5433 Prime Jacare was a fucking beast on the ground and had tremendous knockout power and prime Luke Rockhold has good kicks and wrestling and Jiu Jitsu

what about thoughts?

Machida was mine.

You started watching UFC because of Weidman? 💀

Here we go. Weidman vs Brad Tavares ufc 292

Hahahaha

Lmao

Joe was dating a Rashida back in the day

Lol

I thank you for pointing it out

Whenever he isn't being totally biased, yes, I agree.

accurate? 9 out of 10 hes biased.

It’s all scripted! Not hard to be accurate when you know what’s coming! No what I mean, brother!!! Hulkamania running wild!!!! Lol

They werent married during this time

IV ban hurt him.

Legend?

lol legend

@@AnthonyBrown-tf2mx I mean he finished Silva so… rockhold ruined him though.

That was ko because of Anderson silva

@@Pocisek He still got KO'd cold.

how many fights has he won since USADA? what's his post USADA record?

@@mohammedumar6984 are you talking about weidman

@@dack4116 yes, hes only won 1 fight since USADA came. just saying.

@Bo Mal Patriote costa and Romero look bigger than they actually are because they are heavily muscled Weidman is much taller and has and over all bigger frame he is Weid

This look like different weight class fight.weid at least 20pound heavier

What about israel adesanya he fights midgets and scared to move up against men his size

@@khabibistheking7686 The guy is razor thin

nah today's mw's are as big as he is, he was sort of the 1st of the new bigger mw at that time, Rockhold was right there but he had just gotten wheeled kicked by a roided up Vitor lol

O M G That sh*t was CRAZY dude!

hes fucked bro

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no who knows, maybe if he picked his shots better it still wouldn't be enough to beat the bigger weidman

That’s how he’s always fought tho

I noticed that. Timing is great and all but sometimes he waited too long and ended up busted up.

Defense style fighting unfortunately isn't the way to win fights. Machida could have been even more a legend if he'd adopted more of an offense approach in his game.

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Weidman was a bit reliant on his chin throughout his career to take shots, once it went it affected his career badly. He didn't adapt and never recovered, such a shame because he's one of the best Middleweights ever, a fact overshadowed by Anderson Silva and more recently Israel Adesanya.

Me too, he was an aggressive ground and pound wrestler, not a cage pusher

Father Time gets us all. My coach who is 40 odd has been shut off in training by guys who would have hit him 4x harder in live combat. We just don't take damage the same as we age. We don't 'bounce back'. It's nothing you can lose or get back, it's inevitable. No declining chin. Just time and accumulaton.

@@madgavin7568 And the fact that his wins against Silva were not as decisive as Israel's was. Yeah he got a KO in the first one but that was after Anderson was picking him apart for the entire fight and decided "this guy isn't on my level" and chose to showboat and got caught. And of course the second win was a freak accident. But he went on to have one of the top 3 best MW title reigns of all-time (Anderson and Israel are 1 and 2), he didn't waste those two blessings.

@@joebenson528 Stop the revisionist history please. Silva was not 'picking him apart', Weidman was winning the fight off of activity. Also, Silva always used to fight like that in the past and rack up impressive wins to the point fans praised him for being 'in the zone'. Fickle fans only changed their tune once Silva lost. Did he take it up a notch against The Chris? Yes, but that was purely intentional as he was doing everything he could to make Weidman frustrated so he would make a mistake and Silva would capitalize with counters. Only The Chris was prepared for it so the taunting backfired. Both his wins against Silva were decisive because they were finishes and he was winning both fights. Second fight had a freak one in a million outcome, but Weidman was still winning that fight even more handily than in the first fight as he nearly finished Silva against with strikes in the first round after he rocked and dropped Silva off a clinch break. Silva fought worse in the rematch because his confidence was shattered from the KO, and his coaches will attest that Silva fights best when he's most confident.

Too bad we can't yet say it was the pre-round cocaine booster. One day maybe, at least for the bottom of divisions.

@@jimthompson8947 probably on something indeed

@@jimthompson8947 huh? Weidman has never done drugs. Your bugging. Good friend of mines from elementary and high school days.

He needs to fight Paulo Costa first. Him he cannot knock out.!!

What you mean prime? You mean steroids? Lmao he crumbled like everyone else once usada came

@@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut his chin got took by a Cuban missile

You're right, but many fans are still in denial because they still think Weidman's wins over Anderson Silva were flukes.

@@madgavin7568 Objectively speaking both wins were weird for sure but either way Weidman was one of the most complete middleweights ever before his chin gave out.

Dont you mean Goldie? Jk jk

Ryan Thomas no no you were right Goldie is ass

Hey hey. You gotta respect Goldie. The man sat cageside for two decades and refused to learn ANYTHING about MMA, the man is the most dedicated casual to ever live.

He’s just not the smartest man in the world and is too powerful for anyone to give him constructive criticism

Smith & Wesson Oh really? Is that like a big question that interviewers always ask? "Enough about your upcoming fight, I'm here to ask the important questions. What do you think about Mike Goldberg's commentary?" Get outta here kid lol 😂

mo0ko0 yeah man it’s sad, the rockhold fight kinda changed him. Bad stoppage

@@xXxSuppaKidxXx then got his skull cracked open by the soldier of god

@D Krappenschitz EXACTLY

mo0ko0 Rockhold teed of on his face for like 2 rounds straight in their title fight. Weidman’s chin used to be great, but I think after taking that much damage, he lost his ability to take a punch.

@Fight Fan 88 hope so. He had so much potential to be a longtime champ

Chris Weidman used to have a great Ring IQ not until the Rockhold fight where he did one mistake this guy would have no doubt broken Silva's record already and probably still the champ had he not lost the rockhold fight and kept improving.

He went from striker who can use his reach and has really good takedowns and ground game to panic wrestler his skills changed alot

@@gauban986 nah he was just knocking out the old guard, think about who he really beat. most guys he beat until Anderson haven't been in the UFC for like 5 years. Most agree Anderson would have beaten him in their 1st fight had he it taken serious. Chris can't beat Rockhold, Jacare, Romero, Whittaker, Adesanya, he can't be champion anymore. his versus Michael Bisping would have been a good one, could have gone either way, but I think post USADA Michael beats him

And he has more than likely studied Machida's moves like one would study advanced physics to knock out Machida.

@@gauban986 that spinning kick that he didn't have to do. He was winning that fight. Even the Romeo fight he was winning. Romeo got lucky with that jumping knee kick.

Usada came in

@@stingabee123 doesnt look juicy here. doesnt have insane conditioning either. just looks like hes in better shape. now hes kinda skinny fat.

Justin Ejimah don’t have to look amazing to be on peds

@Mel Gibson Exact, many fighters lost muscle and lost fights after the UFC's partnership with Usada in 2015. And many were caught by the patrol from 2016 starting with Jon Jones, Lyoto Machida, etc., only Yoel Romero managed to beat Usada.

@broootal warp I miss it :(

He would ragdoll izzy

Prime ran out when USADA showed up…

@@gmanzano89gm no evidence of that, really. He suffered injuries

Alex Amaya five KO losses doesn’t look fine to me.

Alex Amaya Silva gets shat on all the time. Costa or Romero haven’t popped so why would they get shot on.

He can't take a punch anymore, he was a bit reliant on his chin to take shots back in the day and he was never the same after Rockhold and Romero destroyed it.

I don’t know about him being a complete fighter.., But he used to be a complete Bulldozer in his prime, all those shots he's eaten took a toll. Just can’t absorb the same damage anymore.

yupp & since then it's only been defended once by bisping in a controversial win over Hbomb

welp itotally forgot that izzy defended against yoel just recently. iguess idont remember it that well because they didn't actually fight 🤦‍♂️

@@bhanuitea3469hendo got the shit beat outta him n caught bisping with 2 h bombs from hendo n thats it but it def wasnt even close imo

@@barbarapaparella2282 iremember @ the time that win being considered controversial because of bisping fighting again in england

​@@barbarapaparella2282 You're being very generous there. Bisping pitter-patter'd his way to a decision, and came out looking like he'd been in a car crash by the end of it. Hendo didn't have a scratch on him.

@Zelina Verger How insane was that to have Weidman do the same thing, this man must of made some sort of deal, let me win the belt ill do anything, do some insane genie said ok. A man will break his leg on yours and then you will break your leg in the same way. Only explanation for that insane rare moment of a man breaking his leg on another mans shin while kicking.

Yeah i feel like this fight got forgotten about despite how huge it was at the time. This headlined international fight week and Weidman coming off finishing Silva twice and Machida looking the best he arguably ever had in his career coming in.

You should watch Shogun Rua vs Dan Henderson. Crazy fight.

Silva was way past his prime

@Dacian American He was already 16 years into his MMA stint. That's a ton of wear and tear on the body. MMA-wise he was no spring chicken. Dude was on the inevitable decline due to wear and tear and age. MMA is not a career, it's a brief window of opportunity for young men who usually peak around late 20s early 30s then it's time to move on. It's not like being a cashier at walmart for 20 years. So, yeah he was on the decline.

Yeh he did well. Weidman is underrated

@@kobe51 Silva's decline was barely evident before he broke his leg, he was never the same again after it.

And he beat TRT Belfort, the best version of Belfort! Silva was of his pick, he was in his best with 16 fights winning streak ! So many casu in this comment section.. sad

Luke Rockhold hurt Weidman badly. Yoel Romero made him chinny.

Even in this fight, he keeps his mouth open at all times. Machida does too but hes better at defending himself maybe. His chin lasted longer.

S T E R O I D S

He lost to top guys unlike anderson silva who lost to bums like giys with 4-9 recoed named takase

@@khabibistheking7686 what does your dumb comment have to do with what I said

@Fritz the Nogueira's and Henderson. There's a lot of people who can take damage.

@Fritz Ferguson has been fucked up... May be from all that meth or getting hit in the head but what are you talking about? Ferguson has been gone.

He was decent but he wasn't all that great

The names he fought were all great but they were on the back end of their career. Which is why he was in far more competitive fights with guys in his era.

Never a big fan of Wiedman..

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all washed or out of prime when he fought them

That's unfair, he was a great fighter.

@@gangstar8652 absolutely given. effective. but ploddingly unentertaining.much like the NHL'S "trap" which was effective but outlawed because it was boring and killing the game...

Rabby if he woulda started faster, a fresher weidman would have probably koed him

Machida was def not very close to winning this come on

@Kansas Geoff ohh! Ain't that cute!!! Remember , how Weidman hitted deck like a b1tch!?! Many times! And kicked out of promotion , - like a b1tch!!! Everyone , who just wanted to kick some biatch , then they turned to Weidman!!!

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@Kansas Geoff - Who's ass, Weidman's? He took the heavier and more shots. Machida just got into his game too late.

I started watching UFC with Chris becoming the middleweight Champ and now I dont miss any UFC event 😅

Many Anderson fans still beg to differ, and chalk up this win over Machida as against a 'washed-up' version of him. Some people still can't grasp reality when they witness their heroes get defeated.

geez ...

The Chris is pretty underrated, even till this day his championship reign doesn't get nearly the respect he deserves.

Not a fan of the Brazilian killer hey😂

@The Chosen One just the so called greatest twice. Vitor and machida

If you want to see his new stuff you have to watch other fighters highlight reels 😂

They have been posting great fights dating back to the 90s since the quarantine started ...

@Smith & Wesson wow. Lots of jealous but hurt Weidman haters here. Bit sad really

He was once the middleweight champ and rank 2 p4p fighter.

Undefeated too... PreUSADA Weidman was a boss.

@Alex Amaya Barely, he almost got finished and was saved by the bell. He was so afraid of Gastelum's standup that he kept diving for takedowns the whole fight.

@Alex Amaya Ha, I saw a much bigger man put on his ass hard in that fight. Gastelum was lighting him up like a Christmas tree. He was so superior than Weidman at striking that there was one point where he was just moving his head around and dodging all of his punches.