More than anything else at UFC Vegas 6, Chris Weidman just wanted to win.
It seems like a lifetime ago that the New York native was an undefeated, undisputed UFC middleweight champion. But he faced off with Omari Akhmedov on Saturday night with a 1-5 record over his past six fights.
With hopes of one day climbing back into the title hunt, Weidman knew another loss was unacceptable, and he had to get the job done by any means necessary.
“A lot of my fights in the past, I’m winning on the feet and then I got caught trying to go for it, being exciting,” Weidman said of a wrestling-heavy strategy against Akhmedov.