The match between Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman began as expected with Silva dominating Weidman and getting into his head, frustrating his young opponent. Weidman was aggressive and landed an early takedown in the first round against Silva to no avail. Weidman was clearly flustered and confused at the end of first round with Silva's antics, his taunting and teasing, and making Weidman miss punches and egging him on to "fight".
As the second round got underway, it was more of the same from Silva, teasing Weidman and playing mind games. But Silva's arrogance got the best of him when Weidman landed a left hook, knocking Silva out.
This was Silva's fight to win, but his arrogance cost him his title and made Weidman the new middleweight champ.
Although Weidman won the fight, he didn't show anything spectacular, and has a lot more to prove.
Silva, during his post fight interview, said that he won't fight for the title or request a rematch, rather, he will continue to fight the remaining ten bouts on his contract. Silva praised Weidman for becoming the champ and left the ring graciously.
Weidman will most definitely be closely watched after his legendary win against Anderson Silva.
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