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Chris Weidman issues statement, declares he’s ‘definitely not ready to retire’

Chris Weidman may be down, but he refuses to say he’s out.

The former middleweight champion looked to reinvigorate his career this past Friday night when he moved up to 205 pounds and challenged light heavyweight contender Dominick Reyes in the UFC on ESPN 6 main event.

Sadly, Weidman’s night ended much the same as many of his most recent fights at middleweight after he suffered a crushing knockout, this time less than two minutes into the opening round.

With five knockout losses in his past six fights, Weidman has heard far less support in his pursuit to become champion again and instead he’s found a lot of cries for him to call it a career.