Weidman not confident Belfort will be next opponent
Chris Weidman: “I’m worried about whether he’s going to get drug tested, then when I found out he did, I’m crapping my pants the past two weeks, hoping he’s still fighting…”
As of right now Chris Weidman is scheduled to defend his UFC middleweight title against Vitor Belfort on February 28th in Los Angeles, CA. For Chris Weidman, the key word is ‘scheduled’:
“I’m worried about whether he’s going to get drug tested, then when I found out he did, I’m crapping my pants the past two weeks, hoping he’s still fighting me,” Weidman told reporters at Monday’s UFC media day. “That’s the guy I want to fight. That’s what the fight we’ve been talking about for a year now. That’s the fight I want. I’ll be disgusted if something happens.”
This fight, of course, has been on-again, off-again for the better part of a year, in large part due to Belfort’s issues with testosterone replacement therapy and drug testing.
“When it was first lined up, I had a feeling it wasn’t going to happen,” Weidman said. “I had a feeling something bad would happen. It was around the time of the whole TRT thing. I never really got too excited about the fight. Then after the [Lyoto] Machida fight, I started thinking about him again.”