Weidman: I’m not going to let a cheating juicehead take my belt
Chris Weidman: “If I don’t completely go out there and smoke him and dominate him, it’s a loss in my eyes. … He’s a cheater. I want to completely destroy him.”
Today Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort joined a panel of UFC stars at a press event in Las Vegas to answer media, twitter, and fans questions. Weidman addressed the crow to talk about his upcoming title defense versus Belfort:
“He’s trying to take my belt,” Weidman said Monday at the UFC’s Time Is Now event at The Smith Center. “He’s been caught cheating and I’m not going to let a cheating juicehead take my belt.”
“I expect an even better Vitor Belfort,” Weidman said. “Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise he’s off this stuff. Maybe he doesn’t have to worry about getting tired. I’m preparing for a Vitor we haven’t seen yet, a guy who isn’t afraid to go hard as he can right away and doesn’t have to worry about getting tired.
“A lot of times we’ve seen him freeze in big fights. Maybe he was freezing, because he’s a juicehead and he’s afraid of getting tired.”
This is a different Weidman than the one we saw leading up to fights against Silva and Machida. He was determined and focused before. But this time, Belfort has lit a serious fire under him.
“I’m going out there to completely dominate him,” Weidman said. “If I don’t completely go out there and smoke him and dominate him, it’s a loss in my eyes. … He’s a cheater. I want to completely destroy him.”