Anderson Silva Clowns Around, Gets Knocked Out By Chris Weidman

by Dr. Octagon, J.D. 

The sky fell on Saturday night in Las Vegas for one of the biggest stars of mixed martial arts. Chris Weidman knocked out Anderson Silva at UFC 162 in Las Vegas, handing the Brazilian middleweight champion his first loss in the UFC.

The main event started out predictably: Silva was treating Weidman like Demian Maia. Anderson danced around, dropping his hands and taunting Weidman. It cost him in the second round, when Weidman found home with a left hook for a knockdown, then pounced on Silva to put a nail in the coffin.

Anderson’s ridiculous antics finally caught up to him. Weidman, who refused to renegotiate his contract prior to this bout, was getting paid $48,000 for this fight including the win bonus. He is going to have serious negotiating power going forward. Weidman’s gamble paid off, and vindicated all the people who were predicting him to win.

That being said, it’s sort of a shame that we didn’t see what would have happened if Anderson took this fight seriously. I’m shocked. It’s going to take a while to process this, but it really opens up the possibilities in the middleweight division.