Although he defeated Anderson Silva twice, questions still swirled around middleweight champion Chris Weidman heading into Saturday night’s title defense against Silva teammate Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 in Las Vegas. The main query was whether or not Weidman was really as good as two wins over Anderson Silva should suggest. And he answered that question. Not surprisingly, Weidman fell into his usual approach of applying pressure, taking the fight to Machida early. What was somewhat surprising is a new wrinkle from Weidman, as he threw numerous kicks from the opening bell, not giving Machida any room to counter
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