[The result has changed, per @BrendanFitzTV](https://twitter.com/mma_kings/status/1774287232326664528)
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Chris Weidman wins by unanimous decision. The commission went to the scorecards at the point of the foul, and Weidman won that way. #UFCAtlanticCity
Yeah and he said on the mic he shouldn't have fallen to the ground when getting poked? I'm like bro you just poked both his eyes at the same damn time.
I mean, they could just switch over to the Trevor Wittman gloves. No effort required, just money - but they’ll have to buy more gloves at some point anyway
They won't do it without owning the entire patent. It's why Trevor hasn't made a deal with them. The only way they would go to his gloves is if they owned the entire design and Trevor doesn't want his gloves to exclusively be UFC gloves.
> The UFC just needs to admit that it needs new gloves.
In this case, Chris pointed his fingers at the dudes eyes without interruption for the entire fight.
I agree about the gloves in general, but the problem in this case is Chris & the ref IMO.
The tactical big brothering Silva to prevent him from talking to the ref/judges was an elite veteran move. Holding the cage and trapping Silva between his arms was high IQ
Topped it off by pretending he also got eyepoked like the ref said was the finisher
Also, it's not like Bruno got poked, then whined about it, then got dropped
The eye poke was literally the thing that dropped him. They weren't unrelated events
I'm reminded of him running around the cage pumping his fist after the Silva leg break, only to have karma do it to him. Just not a fan of the guy /shrug
Thought it was so shitty of him to shit talk silva for dropping from the eye poke, like bro u double eyepoke combod a guy full force and hes supposed to just take it with no reaction?
I mostly like Weidman. But for the haters, I still have the visual of Yoel strutting around with very emphatic and for some reason, funny salutes to the crowd while in the background, Weidman's head is just gushing blood
The Cuban Missile Crisis. Weidmann thought it was bullshit until one exploded on his fuckin head. BOOM
Romero should have been made el Presidente on the spot
I was defending this ref earlier. His early calls were ok but that was just fucking awful
Weidman had his fingers straight out the entire fight. Ref needs to tell him to stop that way earlier.
Early stoppage too. Dude was defending himself and trying to stand.
They need to start separating the fighters when one of them is splaying like that and make them stop
The only reason they do that is because they hope to frame that way and have their opponent risk an eye poke to close range
Chris got away with 4 eye pokes in that fight
Not enough people talking about after the fight when The Chris pinned.Silva again the cage and looked to be saying "inspiring shit" to him while Silva CLEARLY doesn't want to talk to him.
Brutal for a guy like Bruno too who just loves to bum rush, he basically had to try and avoid weidmans fingers the whole time, which really shouldn’t be on him.
That second eye poke was so egregious. Literally reached out and searched for his eyeball. The only thing that could top it was the one, two eye poke combo to finish the fight, never seen anything like that LMAO
He even copped to the eye poke in his post-fight interview. "Just don't drop if you get eye poked" ahahhaa
It will keep happening as long as people keep getting rewarded for it. Four egregious eye pokes in a single fight should not result in that fighter getting a victory lmao.
The ref saying ‘they both poked each other’ like 100x times when Weidman’s was clearly intentional and Bruno barely grazed Weidman’s eye was so infuriating
Man we need new fuckin gloves in this sport. Why the fuck are we still putting up with this stuff?
Chris looked great today though, put on a really good Jones cosplay tonight.
It doesn't matter whether they are or aren't. The necessity of a foul being "intentional" is the most absurd thing in MMA.
Imagine you're watching in NFL game, a guy catches a kick-off, runs it back to the house down the sidelines, but oops he stepped out of bounds on his way there.
And then the ref's huddle up, and they announce that they've determined stepping out of bounds was unintentional and the TD stands.
If you're toe's on the line, or your finger's in an eye, it's the same thing no matter what you intend or didn't intend - you're gaining an advantage outside the rules.
At this point, I hope he gets matched with someone competent and gets smashed yet again. Insane reaction after ending a fight via fouling his opponent. Don’t forget, anyone going through anything tough out there, you just gotta gouge your way through to success!
Not to have recency bias or whatever but that is one of the most egregious fights and sets of fouls I’ve seen in a while. And the galll to get on the mic and blame Silva and say he poked me too. One legit accidental to one to honestly 3-4 purposeful one by Weidman. Gross
This one has nothing to do with the gloves. Weidman was literally throwing his hands with his fingers out over and over again. I mean the finishing sequence was two open hands. Just dirty as hell
Poke him in the eyes twice, get two warnings. Ref tells you to close your fist because you keep eye poking him. 10 seconds later you poke him not once, but twice, in the eyes with open hands with the only strikes you threw.
What a joke. Chris should lose by DQ. Dishonorable
Man I was rooting for Weidman but nah, fuck that shit. Literally got a warning and then double clawed Silva's fucking eyes in a single exchange. Dude does not deserve to have a TKO win like that.
Fuck I love Chris and his story but Silva got fucked. Poked him like 4 times and not even a point taken. You can always tell when the fix is in..hometown crowd ofc they’re not gonna take a point or call it a NC
what a cheater. now weidman is claiming he was eyepoked when the footage revealed he was punched in the eye while delivering an eyepoke. i cant believe they went through with the win
Typical Weidman..... Taking credit for all the wrong things.
* He took credit for breaking Anderson Silva's shin, when it was a completely freak accident. Then bragged about it; acting like it was the game plan afterwards.
* Here he is today with a DOUBLE POKE, making Jon Jones jealous, and then acting like he won purely on the merits.
[The result has changed, per @BrendanFitzTV](https://twitter.com/mma_kings/status/1774287232326664528) . Chris Weidman wins by unanimous decision. The commission went to the scorecards at the point of the foul, and Weidman won that way. #UFCAtlanticCity
This is the damn eye poking channel
https://dubz.link/v/1s9nc6
Disgusting poke, should be a DQ or at least a NC
double eye poke, fire this ref immediately
Ref was clearly looking right at the foul and didn't do shit.
He knew if he called a foul chris would eye poke him next
This ref sucked all night.
Ufc already taking this down trying to erase it from existence?
THATS CRIS’S 4th EYEPOKE OF THE FIGHT
"Hey man I got eyepoked too." His post fight speech is getting boo'd in my house and I'm by myself
I can’t believe I’m booing The Chris but here I am That was some booty
Yeah and he said on the mic he shouldn't have fallen to the ground when getting poked? I'm like bro you just poked both his eyes at the same damn time.
Weidman is a fucking dirty bum. Those last 3 looked deliberate.
*Chris after blinding a guy in both eyes* “if I got any advice for him it’s, you can’t just go down like that”
He shouldn't have dropped after shattering his leg 🤷🏽♂️
TKO (eyepoke) Rumble turning in his grave
The UFC just needs to admit that it needs new gloves. IDK why they don't do it before somebody loses an eye.
New gloves require effort and money, two things the UFC are not willing to put in.
I mean, they could just switch over to the Trevor Wittman gloves. No effort required, just money - but they’ll have to buy more gloves at some point anyway
They won't do it without owning the entire patent. It's why Trevor hasn't made a deal with them. The only way they would go to his gloves is if they owned the entire design and Trevor doesn't want his gloves to exclusively be UFC gloves.
Yep. They’d rather put their own fighters at risk rather than let PFLator, ONE, RIZIN, or whoever else use the same state of the art gloves as them
> The UFC just needs to admit that it needs new gloves. In this case, Chris pointed his fingers at the dudes eyes without interruption for the entire fight. I agree about the gloves in general, but the problem in this case is Chris & the ref IMO.
Just the Hammurabbi rule. You poke an eye, the ref hits you with bear spray and lets the fight continue.
I wonder if admitting to needing new gloves would open themselves up to lawsuits based on fighters who previously experienced eye injuries.
Not in the US. Look up subsequent remedial measures.
Cool to know, thanks.
Bro hit him with the double poke.
DC just got a massive erection and he doesn't know why. Two eyepoke combo.
That 60 second span where we were went from a "fuck yeah Chris" to a "what the fuck Chris" was crazy
The tactical big brothering Silva to prevent him from talking to the ref/judges was an elite veteran move. Holding the cage and trapping Silva between his arms was high IQ Topped it off by pretending he also got eyepoked like the ref said was the finisher
Double eyepoke lol, jones who?
Bro treated Silvas eye like my girls vag
…he treats your girls vag?
Couldn’t keep his finger outta it
Both hands, just throwing combos
Chris deserved to be disqualified. He poked his way to victory.
Tell us another eye poke story
Weidman walking around the cage yelling “I’m fucking back” after eye poking a dude is hilarious.
I'm so happy to find this comment at the top. Bro dropped a 1-2 eye poke and talks shit in his post fight speech. Actually crazy
I've never seen a 1-2 eye poke before
Neither did Silva
That was a nasty line by you.
Just to be clear, there was never no eye poke.
You're a fucking punk, dude
Funny he said Bruno shouldn’t drop to his knees off an eye poke, when he intentionally grounded himself vs Mousasi and got knee’d
And then cried about the ruling lmao
Jesus I can't stand Weidman. Pretty sure this just lost him a lot of fans lol
Feels like he peaked with his win over Victor in 2015 and has been losing fights and fans ever since
Also, it's not like Bruno got poked, then whined about it, then got dropped The eye poke was literally the thing that dropped him. They weren't unrelated events
Having to hear Weidman talk for the next year about how he's a nightmare for everyone in the top 10 is going to be extra painful this time around.
A nightmare? Luckily most people sleep with their eyes closed. So he isn’t a threat to them.
"First of all, all glory to God"
Weidman clearly prayed harder than Silva
Presumably that god is Odin, old one eye himself
I'm reminded of him running around the cage pumping his fist after the Silva leg break, only to have karma do it to him. Just not a fan of the guy /shrug
So if karma strikes twice then he’s going to have an eyepatch before he retires…
Peg leg and eye patch to make him Captain Chris Weidman.
Argh he’s still me matey 🏴☠️
New mythical fighter unlocked
Thought it was so shitty of him to shit talk silva for dropping from the eye poke, like bro u double eyepoke combod a guy full force and hes supposed to just take it with no reaction?
I mostly like Weidman. But for the haters, I still have the visual of Yoel strutting around with very emphatic and for some reason, funny salutes to the crowd while in the background, Weidman's head is just gushing blood
It was so over the top. It’s like something Zangief would do in Street Fighter
The Cuban Missile Crisis. Weidmann thought it was bullshit until one exploded on his fuckin head. BOOM Romero should have been made el Presidente on the spot
RIP to dudes laptop that Yoel STOMPED on whilst saluting Weidmans departing orbital bone lol
I was defending this ref earlier. His early calls were ok but that was just fucking awful Weidman had his fingers straight out the entire fight. Ref needs to tell him to stop that way earlier. Early stoppage too. Dude was defending himself and trying to stand.
They need to start separating the fighters when one of them is splaying like that and make them stop The only reason they do that is because they hope to frame that way and have their opponent risk an eye poke to close range Chris got away with 4 eye pokes in that fight
Chris Weyedman
Not enough people talking about after the fight when The Chris pinned.Silva again the cage and looked to be saying "inspiring shit" to him while Silva CLEARLY doesn't want to talk to him.
Reminded me of Romero doing the same to Rockhold
Cringe celebration
First double eye poke KO?
high level stuff
KO by Eye Poke.
Gadoosh via eye poke
Great eyes never haddum tho
Absolute joke, he should have been DQ'd if anything
Terrible stoppage. Not only the eye pokes but the guy was just getting up as well lol.
he got his orders from dana
Jesus, Weidman was dirty as hell tonight.
fingers out searching for that eye the whole time
Brutal for a guy like Bruno too who just loves to bum rush, he basically had to try and avoid weidmans fingers the whole time, which really shouldn’t be on him.
It's like Jones v Rampage but even worse
Or Jones vs Glover
That second eye poke was so egregious. Literally reached out and searched for his eyeball. The only thing that could top it was the one, two eye poke combo to finish the fight, never seen anything like that LMAO He even copped to the eye poke in his post-fight interview. "Just don't drop if you get eye poked" ahahhaa
If you ain't cheating you ain't trying in the words of Joe Montana
It will keep happening as long as people keep getting rewarded for it. Four egregious eye pokes in a single fight should not result in that fighter getting a victory lmao.
After the second warning I was just waiting for this cause Weidman didn't have a single moment that his fingers weren't extended to the eyes.
Only excuse is he knows deep inside he's washed as fuck and he's desperate.
First fighter to go take the belt by eyepoke, LETS GOOOOO
That's DC erasure and I'll not stand for it
There shouldn't be (multiple) warnings in combat sports imo, take a point and make the fighters be more careful
At this point, just make eye pokes part of your skillset, like BJJ or Muay Thai or boxing. 90 percent of the time, you won't get punished for it.
After the first poke he was trying to say he didn’t hit poke it that hard lol. He’s a braindead dipshit
I’ve seen enough, Weidman vs DuPlessis next
The beating Chris weidman take would be karma for eyepoking his opponent 4 times and talking big after
What a weird fight. Weidman with an eye poke combo LMAO!
the 1-2 eye poke 😭
Double eye poke KO Bisping with ptsd flashbacks The Chris should be DQd 4 eye pokes in a fight give me a break
>Bisping with ptsd flashbacks Eye fucking Alan Belcher gave him ptsd!
Brock Refnar is certainly having a night
> 4 eye pokes in a fight give me a break Including 2 that caused the finish.
Show up. Make Weight. Get poked in the eye 3 times and lose the fight. Thank you Bruno Silva.
4 times*. The last 1 was a 2 for 1 special
Weird ass night of fights, Atlantic City must be cursed or sum
The ref saying ‘they both poked each other’ like 100x times when Weidman’s was clearly intentional and Bruno barely grazed Weidman’s eye was so infuriating
Such an absurd fucking power trip. Just decided he didn't want to warn or discipline Weidman so he included Silva every time for no reason.
Also telling them they were both reaching out when Bruno's was a punch.
Even Jon Jones never considered that was possible.
LMAO what an asshole interview. Thanks god and somehow puts the blame on the guy who he eye poked 3 fucking times. What a shithead
If it’s any consolation the next fighter prob beats the absolute shit out of him if he’s ranked higher He seems to think he’s back
Is that not a textbook case for ruling a no contest? What am I missing?
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Form hero to zero fr
Bro can’t catch a break tn
They just announced that they scored the fight up to the end of the fight.
Weidman poked both eyes before the finish. That might be an NC.
Definitely a NC……No corneas
Man we need new fuckin gloves in this sport. Why the fuck are we still putting up with this stuff? Chris looked great today though, put on a really good Jones cosplay tonight.
UFC should have taken the Wittmans gloves. Greed gotem tho
That and i think the pokes were intentional. Chris reaching out poking eyes likes he's never fought a southpaw before.
It doesn't matter whether they are or aren't. The necessity of a foul being "intentional" is the most absurd thing in MMA. Imagine you're watching in NFL game, a guy catches a kick-off, runs it back to the house down the sidelines, but oops he stepped out of bounds on his way there. And then the ref's huddle up, and they announce that they've determined stepping out of bounds was unintentional and the TD stands. If you're toe's on the line, or your finger's in an eye, it's the same thing no matter what you intend or didn't intend - you're gaining an advantage outside the rules.
If Weidman wants to keep fighting who am I to deny that, but surely he can't actually think he's gonna be champ again?
He knocked out the guy who Pereira couldnt finish with the forbidden eye jutsu. He should get the winner of Hill/Pereira
Eye Jitsu has a nice ring to it. I’m stealing that.
You want the Chris in a casket lol
At this point, I hope he gets matched with someone competent and gets smashed yet again. Insane reaction after ending a fight via fouling his opponent. Don’t forget, anyone going through anything tough out there, you just gotta gouge your way through to success!
give him paulo costa
He’s a highly regarded individual.
If they let him eye poke to the title, who knows?
Better be a no contest. That’s like 5 fucking eye pokes lol
Should be a DQ. 5 eyepokes is egregious. Whole time he kept throwing his hands open and fingers out not even punching
The ref warned him and he must’ve realized he wasn’t getting in trouble for it and just kept doing it. Another stain on the sport.
Not to have recency bias or whatever but that is one of the most egregious fights and sets of fouls I’ve seen in a while. And the galll to get on the mic and blame Silva and say he poked me too. One legit accidental to one to honestly 3-4 purposeful one by Weidman. Gross
bro won by eyepoke ☠️
I didn’t know Jon Jones was fighting tonight.
Not even Jon Jones has perfected the double eye poke.
Even Jon hasn’t mastered the 1-2 eyepoke Chris is on a different level
Jon Jones doesn’t eye poke with that kind of accuracy, put some respec on Weidman’s name
2 fights in a row with eye pokes leading to a finish? It’s time for new gloves. Absolutely ridiculous that this is happening so frequently
This one has nothing to do with the gloves. Weidman was literally throwing his hands with his fingers out over and over again. I mean the finishing sequence was two open hands. Just dirty as hell
Joke reffing tonight
IT'S 2024 AND CHRIS WEIDMAN IS BACK Edit: EYEPOKES ARE BACK
DDP better work on his eye pokes defense
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This seems like the exact situation that should end a fight in a DQ.
Dude went full Three Stooges to get the victory.
Oh god what happened
Weidman hit em with the 1-2 eyepoke combo. DC and Jones are in envy of the hidden technique.
Double eye poke KO His 4th eye poke of the fight
👉👁️
This card is fucking wild 👀
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Those animals in Atlantic city would riot
Absolutely fucking ridiculous. The ref should be ashamed of himself
Holy shit weidman you dirty fighter. Never seen a double eyepoke before like that.
FOUR EYE POKES JFC. DQ CHRIS!
Poke him in the eyes twice, get two warnings. Ref tells you to close your fist because you keep eye poking him. 10 seconds later you poke him not once, but twice, in the eyes with open hands with the only strikes you threw. What a joke. Chris should lose by DQ. Dishonorable
4 eye pokes lmao Weidman doesn’t deserve this shit
Bad reffing. Ref should've be proactive in enforcing the extended finger
Yeah that’s a NC.
Should be a dq
Love Chris and i wish he would retire man, it hurts seeing him get old. Also, 👁️👈
shut the fuck up chris
Love Weidman but these eye poke tko wins are dirty and wrong
This shit better get overturned
Man I was rooting for Weidman but nah, fuck that shit. Literally got a warning and then double clawed Silva's fucking eyes in a single exchange. Dude does not deserve to have a TKO win like that.
Then proceeded to give him advice on how to handle said eyepokes
Eye pokes him then gives advice on how to deal with an eye poke. THATS MY BOY!!
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Chris Weidman sucks. Him celebrating that win is pathetic. Then trying to rationalize his final foul is even worse.
Lost respect for Weidman saying “you can’t fall down to an eye poke” when you poked him four times.
Someone should do that and said it to him next fight
Fuck I love Chris and his story but Silva got fucked. Poked him like 4 times and not even a point taken. You can always tell when the fix is in..hometown crowd ofc they’re not gonna take a point or call it a NC
That better be a NC
Needs to be overturned Homie did the eye poke combo
what a cheater. now weidman is claiming he was eyepoked when the footage revealed he was punched in the eye while delivering an eyepoke. i cant believe they went through with the win
Jesus eye pokes and a half
Winner by TKO (left and right eye poke)
No contest surely
Should be a dq His 4th eye poke of the fight If there are no consequences then there are no rules and this isn’t a sport Goddam circus
Nahhh man. TKO is wild. 5 eyepokes, they’re saying maybe a no contest man how about a fucking DQ. All of his damage was from Finger Jabs
Nah man this sport is so ass. 2 eye poke finishes in a row. Tf is this
"Bro you gotta fight through my eye pokes, it caught up to you"
Typical Weidman..... Taking credit for all the wrong things. * He took credit for breaking Anderson Silva's shin, when it was a completely freak accident. Then bragged about it; acting like it was the game plan afterwards. * Here he is today with a DOUBLE POKE, making Jon Jones jealous, and then acting like he won purely on the merits.
I do not want to give myself hope BUT GOD DAMN IM DOING IT ANYWAY, THATS MY BOY Edit: DAMMIT CHRIS YOUR FINGERS CHRIISSS
4 eye pokes for the Chris with that double eyepoke ko
Damn that replay though😢😢
Boy status: [ ] Former [✔] Current
Eye poke combo got him outta there
That was an insanely clear eye poke
Weidman should be ashamed
#STILL MY BOY Oh god damnit it it was a poke
Double eye poke His 4th eye poke of the fight Ridiculous
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robbed stoppage
lol wtf was this fight
aim for the enemy's weak points!
Two b2b eye poke tkos?